- Date
- October 12, 1984, 18:05 local (Oct 13, 1984, 01:05 UTC)
- Place
- Sonoma, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9493PPiper PA-24-260
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841012060709A
- Case key
- 24576
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
In flight collision with terrain/water
Door,passenger - unlockedFactor
Gear extension - not performedCause
Diverted attentionFactor
Terrain condition - runway
Analysis
Plt made inadvertant gear up landing. Plt stated he forgot to lower the gear when his attention was diverted to the cabin door which came open in-flight.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9493P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24-260
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-5010
- Airframe hours
- 2,560
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Mark Hilliard
- Registered owner
- Graig Miller
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- O69 · Petaluma, CA
- Destination
- 005 · Davis, CA
- Airport
- 0Q3 · Sonoma, runway 25, 2,900 × 100 ft, grass/turf
N9493PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-260Airframe modelPiper PA-24-260Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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
- 26
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 172 total · 10 in this make and model · 117 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 7 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.