- Date
- May 31, 1989, 23:00 local (Jun 1, 1989, 04:00 UTC)
- Place
- Columbia, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N154PPiper PA-30
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report August 2, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890531028499A
- Case key
- 34799
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The gear-up landing which was made by an unknown/unauthorized person.
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.
Analysis
The aircraft was found in the middle of the north-south runway at cottonwoods airport. The airplane had been landed with the gear up. The airplane owner was not aware the airplane had been taken from his locked hangar or who may have been responsible for the damage. Post accident examination of the landing gear motor revealed it was inoperative but the manual extension system was operational. Evidence revealed the stolen airplane had been intentionally landed with the gear up.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N154P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 30-737
- Airframe hours
- 3,635
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-320-B1A, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Bond, Roy
- Registered owner
- Roy E Bond
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 9, 1988 · 80 hours before
- Destination
- K24 · Columbia, MO
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- K24 · Cottonwoods, runway 18, 2,400 × 30 ft, asphalt
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
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.