# NTSB LAX07CA196: Piper PA-24-250, N6370P, Boulder City, NV, July 1, 2007 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: July 1, 2007, 10:24 local (17:24 UTC) - Place: Boulder City, NV - Coordinates: 35.947498, -114.861114 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9475&lon=-114.8611&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report October 31, 2007 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: Federal Aviation Administration - NTSB case key (mKey): 66118 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX07CA196 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/66118/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07CA196 ## Probable cause the pilot's failure to extend the landing gear. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Wheels up landing, landing - flare/touchdown - gear extension - not performed, pilot in command (cause) - gear extension - not verified, pilot in command (cause) ## Analysis The airplane landed with the landing gear in the retracted position and slid about 150 feet down the runway on its belly. The pilot said he performed the before landing checklist on the downwind, continued the approach, but did not perform a final check and forgot to extend the landing gear. During the landing flare, the airplane touched down on the bottom of the fuselage. The pilot reported no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane prior to impact. ## Factual narrative On July 1, 2007, about 1024 Pacific daylight time, a Piper PA-24-250, N6370P, landed with the landing gear retracted near Boulder City, Nevada. Nevada Steel was operating the airplane under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91. The private pilot and one passenger were not injured; the airplane sustained substantial damage. The cross-country flight departed Kingman, Arizona, about 0945 mountain standard time, with a planned destination of Boulder City. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed; no flight plan had been filed. The pilot stated that he had performed his before landing checklist while on the downwind for runway 9R. He continued the approach, did not perform a final check, and forgot to extend the landing gear. During the landing flare, the airplane's belly touched down on the runway surface. The airplane skidded approximately 150 feet along the runway surface before coming to rest in the vicinity of the intersection of runways 9R and 33. The airplane immediately caught fire, and the pilot and passenger exited through the passenger door. The pilot stated that he did not observe the position of the landing gear handle immediately after the accident, but that the airplane co-owner visited the wreckage later that day and observed the handle in the up (retracted) position. The pilot stated that the airplane and engine had no mechanical failures or malfunctions during the flight. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N6370P](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6370P-2013-07-09), registration cancelled 2013-07-09, S/N 24-1480, built 1959 (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: 24-1480 - Airframe hours: 3267.5 - Engines: Lycoming O-540 reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Fire: On-Ground - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: Nevada Steel - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, October 1, 2006, 53 hours before - Departed: IGM, KINGMAN, AZ - Destination: 61B, BOULDER CITY, NV - Airport: 61B, Boulder City Muni, runway 9R, 4,800 × 75 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 57; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; seat: left; flight hours: 356 total, 47 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 180° at 8 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 93 °F, dew point 16 °F - Altimeter: 29.95 inHg - Observed at: HND, 13 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 20070701010939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070701010939A), Jul 1, 2007: Piper PA24250, Boulder City, NV, Destroyed. (-23) Event: at approximately 10:20 am PDT concluding a flight from kingman, AZ, the accident aircraft (PA-24-250, N6370P) arrived on the right downwind for… ## Other investigations on N6370P (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 OAK75FVA60](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK75FVA60), May 9, 1975: Piper PA-24 (N6370P), Porterville, CA, 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. --- 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.