# NTSB DFW06CA203: Piper 601P, N19RR, Lubbock, TX, August 22, 2006 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: August 22, 2006, 09:00 local (14:00 UTC) - Place: Lubbock, TX - Coordinates: 33.6580555555556, -101.820277777778 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6581&lon=-101.8203&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 31, 2007 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: Lubbock, Texas - NTSB case key (mKey): 64415 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DFW06CA203 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/64415/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW06CA203 ## Probable cause The pilot's failure to extend the landing gear while on final approach. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Wheels up landing, landing - wheels up landing - performed, pilot in command (cause) - landing gear,gear lever - not activated (cause) ## Analysis The 8,000-hour commercial pilot lined up the airplane on final approach for runway 35L at his destination airport, following an IFR cross country flight. The pilot stated during an interview with a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspector that he forgot to lower the landing gear while on final approach. The aircraft touched down with the flaps fully extended and skidded on the runway for approximately 1,150 feet. The pilot, sole occupant of the twin engine airplane, was not injured. An examination of the airplane by an FAA inspector revealed that when the aircraft was lifted on to jacks and the master battery switch was turned on the landing gear horn was clearly heard. The landing gear handle was then selected to the down position and the gear extended to the down and locked position with three green lights observed. At the time of the accident, the weather was reported as winds from 070 degrees at 9 knots, visibility of 10 miles, temperature 27 degrees Celsius, dew point 19 degrees Celsius, and an altimeter setting of 30.27 inches of Mercury. ## Factual narrative The 8,000-hour commercial pilot was lined-up on final approach for runway 35L at his destination airport, following an IFR cross country flight. The pilot stated during an interview with a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspector that he forgot to lower the landing gear while on final approach. The aircraft touched-down with the flaps fully extended and skidded on the runway for approximately 1,150 feet. The pilot, sole occupant of the twin engine airplane, was not injured. An examination of the airplane by an FAA inspector revealed that when the aircraft was lifted on to jacks and the master battery switch was turned on the landing gear horn was clearly heard. The landing gear handle was then selected to the down position and the gear extended to the down and locked position with three green lights observed. At the time of the accident, the weather was reported as winds from 070 degrees at 9 knots, visibility of 10 miles, temperature 27 degrees Celsius, dew point 19 degrees Celsius, and an altimeter setting of 30.27 inches of Mercury. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N19RR](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N19RR-2020-09-04), registration cancelled 2020-09-04, S/N 61P06167963278, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Piper 601P - Registry model: [Piper AEROSTAR 601P](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-aerostar-601p) (registry code 7106012) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (registry code 41530, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 61P06167963278 - Engines: Lycoming IO-540 SER reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: Jackson, Virgil F. Jr TRUSTEE - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Departed: MAF, MIDLAND, TX - Destination: LBB, LUBBOCK, TX - Flight plan: IFR ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 66; injuries: none; airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, with waivers/limitations; last flight review April 1, 2006; seat: left; flight hours: 8,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days, 30 in the last 30 days, 4 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day ## 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 20060822016599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060822016599A), Aug 22, 2006: Piper PA60601P, Lubbock, TX, Substantial damage. (-23) On August 22, 2006, at 1413 CDT, N19RR, a PA-601-P Aerostar, flown by owner/pilot [privacy data omitted] under part 91, landed gear-up on runway 35L. The… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.