- Date
- March 28, 1985, 13:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place
- Navato, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6012PPiper PA-24-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850328015779A
- Case key
- 24855
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft was landed gear up. The plt stated that as he retarded the throttle to land the lndg gear warning sounded. He applied power but the acft touched down with a scraping noise. He does not remember seeing a green lite for gear dwn indication. Investigation revealed that the circuit breaker for the lndg gear motor was tripped. Also the landing gear indication was inoperative due to a burned wire causing an open circuit.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6012P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-1160
- Airframe hours
- 1,908
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-A1A5, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Alec B Barry
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 23, 1985 · 11 hours before
- Departed
- CCA · Concord, CA
- Destination
- 056 · Novato, CA
- Airport
- 056 · Gnoss, runway 31, 3,300 × ft, asphalt
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
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 680 total · 96 in this make and model · 610 as pilot in command · 38 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.