# NTSB MKC85LA015: Piper PA-24-250, N5274P, Aurora, MO, November 2, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 2, 1984, 15:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place: Aurora, MO
- Coordinates: 36.960029, -93.719627 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9600&lon=-93.7196&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): 33884
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC85LA015
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33884/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85LA015

## Sequence of events

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

- Complete gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,gear warning system - failure,total (contributing factor)
  - wheels up landing - performed, dual student (cause)
  - checklist - improper, dual student (cause)
  - supervision - inadequate, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)

## Analysis

THE ACFT WAS LANDED GEAR UP. THE STUDENT PLT PUT THE GEAR DOWN ON DOWNWIND AND THEN ON A PRE-LANDING CHECK ON FINAL APCHTHE STUDENT RETRACTED THE GEAR. THE CFI SAID THE WARNING HORN NEVER SOUNDED AND SHE DID NOT NOTICE THAT THE GEAR WAS UP.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5274P](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5274P-2011-05-31), registration cancelled 2011-05-31, S/N 24-313, built 1958 (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: 24313
- Airframe hours: 2959
- Engines: LYCOMING O-540-A1A 250 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Jerry Fortner
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 31, 1984, 26 hours before
- Departed: 2H2, AURORA, MO
- Airport: 2H2, Municipal, runway 18, 3,000 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 29; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land, single-engine sea; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: right; flight hours: 847 total, 2 in this make and model, 749 as pilot in command, 24 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 135° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °F

## 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 19841102060659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841102060659A), Nov 2, 1984: Piper PA24250, Aurora, MO, Substantial damage. Instructor and student forgot to lower landing gear. Landed gear up.

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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