# NTSB MIA84LA152: Piper PA-24-180, N7059P, Valdosta, GA, April 26, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 26, 1984, 10:22 local (15:22 UTC)
- Place: Valdosta, GA
- Coordinates: 30.840448, -83.270774 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.8404&lon=-83.2708&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31129
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA84LA152
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31129/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84LA152

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - gear extension - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - diverted attention, pilot in command (cause)
  - supervision - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - diverted attention, check pilot (cause)
  - wheels up landing - inadvertent

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7059P), registered now, S/N 24-2209, built 1960 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24-180
- Registry model: [Piper PA-24](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24) (registry code 7102402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 24-2209
- Airframe hours: 2101
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 56; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840426016209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840426016209A), Apr 26, 1984: Piper PA24, Valdosta, GA, Substantial damage. Pilot forgot to lower landing gear during biennial flight review.

## Other investigations on N7059P (2)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN24LA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA091), Jan 17, 2024: Piper PA-24 (N7059P), Hugo, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The binding of a main landing gear push-pull cable, which rendered the landing gear inoperative in a partially retracted position. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s delay in executing a…
- [NTSB MIA99LA138](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99LA138), Apr 22, 1999: Piper PA-24-180 (N7059P), Fernandina Bch, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the pilot to use the printed checklist which resulted in the gear-up landing. A factor associated with the accident was the intermittent failure of the gear warning horn.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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