# NTSB MIA86LA225: Piper PA-24-250, N7992P, Crestview, FL, August 2, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 2, 1986, 10:34 local (15:34 UTC)
- Place: Crestview, FL
- Coordinates: 30.750061, -86.570816 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.7501&lon=-86.5708&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31684
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA86LA225
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31684/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA86LA225

## 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
  - wheels up landing - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - diverted attention, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## Analysis

WHILE ON FINAL APRCH WITH THE LDG GEAR EXTENDED FOR LDG, THE PLT OBSERVED ANOTHER ACFT AHEAD OF HIM WHICH HE FELT HE WAS OVERTAKING. HE ELECTED TO EXECUTE A GO-AROUND & WHILE ON DOWNWIND LEG, THE PLT RETRACTED THE GEAR ABSENT-MINDEDLY THINKING HE WAS EXTENDING IT. HE STATED THAT HE WAS UNABLE TO HEAR THE LDG GEAR WARNING HORN BECAUSE HE WAS WEARING A HEADSET. THE ACFT LANDED GEAR-UP.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7992P](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7992P), registered now, S/N 24-3231, built 1962 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24-250
- Registry model: [Piper PA-24-250](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (registry code 7102404) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (registry code 41532, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 24-3231
- Airframe hours: 3052
- Engines: LYCOMING O-540-A1D5 250 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: James R. Gotcher, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, January 10, 1986, 57 hours before
- Departed: FL17, NICEVILLE, FL
- Destination: CEW, CRESTVIEW, FL
- Airport: CEW, Crestview, runway 35, 8,000 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 65; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 677 total, 56 in this make and model, 531 as pilot in command, 35 in the last 90 days, 16 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 97 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: CEW

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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