- Date
- March 5, 2008, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- West Palm Beach, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9126PPiper PA24-260
- Defining event
- Landing: Landing gear not configured
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 30, 2008
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Fort Lauderdale FSDO
- FAA report
- 20080305857839A
- Case key
- 67667
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to follow the checklist resulting in a gear up 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 stated that he was cleared to land on runway 27 and he did not use the checklist or visually ensure that the landing gear was down. He made a wrong turn and landed gear up on runway 31. Examination of the airplane by the FAA revealed it received structural damage to the bulkhead.
Factual narrative
The pilot stated he was cleared to land on runway 27 and he did not use the checklist or visually ensure that the landing gear was down. He made a wrong turn and landed gear up on runway 31. Examination of the airplane by the FAA revealed it received structural damage to the bulkhead.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9126P
- Reported as
- Piper PA24-260
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-4605
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-540, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Michael J. Collins
- Registered owner
- Michael T. Collins
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- KMTH · Marathon, FL
- Destination
- KPBI · West Palm Beach, FL
- Airport
- KPBI · Palm Beach International, runway 31, 6,932 × 150 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
- 57
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- July 1, 2007
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 133 total · 130 in this make and model · 130 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.96 inHg
- Observed at
- KPBI
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N9126P · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.