- Date
- April 26, 1984, 10:22 local (15:22 UTC)
- Place
- Valdosta, GA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7059PPiper PA-24-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840426016209A
- Case key
- 31129
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Analysis
The instructor plt (CFI) stated that he was giving a private plt a biennial flt review & that the private plt was the plt-in-command (PIC). While in the traffic pattern for their 2nd landing, they heard another acft entering the pattern, but they were not sure of its location. They were looking for the other acft as they continued the apch & subsequently landed with the gear retracted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7059P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-2209
- Airframe hours
- 2,101
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Douglas M. Reddick
- Registered owner
- Wayne H. Bius
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 16, 1984 · 2 hours before
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- VLD · Valdosta Municipal, runway 17, 6,302 × 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
- 56
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 929 total · 541 in this make and model · 868 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- VLD
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 N7059P · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.