- Date
- February 8, 1985, 17:05 local (23:05 UTC)
- Place
- Bentonville, AR
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N27743Piper PA-31
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850208002559A
- Case key
- 33912
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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
Terrain condition - runwayFactor
Checklist - not followedFactor
InattentiveFactor
Wheels up landing - inadvertentCause
Analysis
During the landing approach, the plt stated, he probably forgot to extend the landing gear. Inspection of the acft revealed no mechanical problem with the landing gear extension or retraction mechanism. A test of the landing gear system showed it to work properly. An inspection of the gear showed it to be in the up and locked position.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N27743
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 317812112
- Airframe hours
- 5,114
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-540-F2, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Walmart Stores Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 27, 1984 · 208 hours before
- Departed
- PBF · Pine Bluff, AR
- Destination
- H00 · Bentonville, AR
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- HOO · Bentonville Muni, runway 17, 4,090 × 50 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 21,900 total · 150 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 36 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FYV
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.