# NTSB DEN89LA043: Piper PA-24-250, N6843P, Peyton, CO, December 18, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 18, 1988, 15:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place: Peyton, CO
- Coordinates: 39.030735, -104.480941 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0307&lon=-104.4809&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 4, 1990
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 17649
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN89LA043
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/17649/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN89LA043

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Gear not extended, landing - flare/touchdown
  - wheels up landing - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - diverted attention, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PLT WAS PRACTICING A TOUCH AND GO LANDING. DURING A TURN TO FINAL, THE PLT HEARD AN ACFT REPORT FINAL FOR A STRAIGHT IN. HE SAID HE BECAME DISTRACTED AND FAILED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR. THE ACFT LANDED WITH THE GEAR UP AND SLID 500 FEET, COMING TO REST MID-FIELD.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6843P](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6843P-2006-10-30), registration cancelled 2006-10-30, S/N 24-1976, built 1960 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24-250
- Registry model: [Piper PA-24-250](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (registry code 7102404) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (registry code 41532, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 24-1976
- Engines: LYCOMING O-540-A1A5 250 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Joseph P. Connelly
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: 00V, FALCON, CO
- Destination: 00V
- Airport: OOV, Meadow Lake, runway 15, 4,150 × 35 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 59; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 169 total, 169 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 40° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 100 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 46 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: COS, 7 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19881218054669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881218054669A), Dec 18, 1988: Piper PA24250, Falcon, CO, Substantial damage. Distracted by other traffic, landed gear up.

## Other investigations on N6843P (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DIA69D0018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DIA69D0018), Jun 26, 1968: Piper PA-24 (N6843P), Dulles, VA, substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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