# NTSB MIA87LA178: Piper PA-24-250, N6529P, Kissimmee, FL, June 10, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 10, 1987, 16:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place: Kissimmee, FL
- Location: 28.2898° N, 81.4371° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KISSIMMEE GATEWAY (ISM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.2898&lon=-81.4371&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 5, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31926
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA87LA178
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31926/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA87LA178

## 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
  - landing gear,gear warning system - inoperative (contributing factor)
  - wheels up landing - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - checklist - not followed, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6529P), registered now, S/N 24-1651, built 1959 (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 1651
- Airframe hours: 3006
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 63; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870610019989A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870610019989A), Jun 10, 1987: Piper PA24250, Kissimmee, FL, Substantial damage. Pilot forgot to lower gear and landed gear up. Substantial damge to the underside of the aircraft.

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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