- Date
- June 10, 1987, 16:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Kissimmee, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6529PPiper PA-24-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 5, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870610019989A
- Case key
- 31926
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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.
In flight collision with terrain/water
Landing gear,gear warning system - inoperativeFactor
Wheels up landing - inadvertentCause
Checklist - not followedCause
Analysis
The plt failed to lower the landing gear prior to touchdown. Insp of the acft revealed that the landing gear warning horn & gear down & locked light were inoperative.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6529P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24 1651
- Airframe hours
- 3,006
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540 A1A5, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Estel C.Kinney
- Registered owner
- Estel C Kinney
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 20, 1987
- Airport
- ISM · Kissimmee Municipal, runway 15, 5,000 × 100 ft, asphalt
N6529PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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
- 63
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,200 total · 200 in this make and model · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MCO, 10 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.