- Date
- June 28, 1986, 19:20 local (Jun 29, 1986, 02:20 UTC)
- Place
- Upland, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N17278Piper PA-23-160
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860628028199A
- Case key
- 25198
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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.
Analysis
The plt stated that he was practicing single engine procedures and he forgot to lower the landing gear. Another plt alerted him on the radio and he attempted to lower the gear but landed with the gear only partially extended. The plt stated that he chose to land on the taxiway and collided with three unoccupied parked acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N17278
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23-160
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 23-1615
- Airframe hours
- 5,200
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- John Welniak
- Registered owner
- Crocker National Bank
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 6, 1985 · 105 hours before
- Airport
- CCB · Cable, runway 24, 3,785 × 75 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
- 39
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,165 total · 105 in this make and model · 1,037 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 240° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.