- Date
- June 17, 2018, 10:15 local (15:15 UTC)
- Place
- Lakeview, AR
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N174DMRaytheon A36
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 18, 2019
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20180617009719A
- Case key
- 97521
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to extend the landing gear before landing, which resulted in a propeller strike, followed by an aborted landing and a subsequent hard, precautionary landing.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot in the retractable-landing-gear-equipped airplane reported that, during the approach, he was distracted by people that were on the runway and believed he "neglected to lower the landing gear." He added that, during landing, he thought that the propeller contacted turf, and he aborted the landing. The airplane gained altitude, and he turned right, but the airspeed did not increase like he felt that it should. Rather than continue the flight over rising terrain, he extended the landing gear and landed in a field, but the airplane landed hard. The airplane sustained substantial damage to both wings. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
The pilot in the retractable landing gear-equipped airplane reported that during the approach he was distracted by people that were on the runway and believed he "neglected to lower the landing gear." During landing he thought that the airplane's propeller contacted the turf, and he aborted the landing. The airplane gained altitude and he made a right turn, but the airspeed did not increase like he felt that it should. He recalled that rather than continue the flight over rising terrain, he extended the landing gear and landed in a field, but the airplane landed hard. The airplane sustained substantial damage to both wings. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the glider that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N174DM
- Reported as
- Raytheon A36
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- E-3041
- Built
- 1996
- Airframe hours
- 3,304
- Engine
- Continental IO550B6F, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Flygare LLC
- Registered owner
- Flygare LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 28, 2018
- Departed
- JWN · Nashville, TN
- Destination
- 3M0 · Lakeview, AR
- Airport
- 3M0 · Gastons, runway 24, 3,200 × 55 ft, grass/turf
- Equipment
- Onboard weather, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Auto-pilot, ADS-B, Stall warning system
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 46
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3
- Last flight review
- December 20, 2015
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 390 total · 284 in this make and model · 334 as pilot in command · 36 in the last 90 days · 27 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.06 inHg
- Observed at
- KBPK, 4 nm away
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 7, 2018, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 4.0 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.