- Date
- September 30, 2001, 10:50 local (17:50 UTC)
- Place
- Newberg, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6515RCessna 172RG
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 18, 2002
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA - Portland FSDO
- FAA report
- 20010930027349A
- Case key
- 53603
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to lower the landing gear. A factor was the pilot's failure to follow checklist procedures.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
On his NTSB accident report, the pilot reported that he landed gear-up on runway 25, and indicated that no mechanical malfunction or failure was involved in the accident.
Factual narrative
On September 30, 2001, approximately 1050 Pacific daylight time, a Cessna 172RG airplane, N6515R, registered to a private owner in Tigard, Oregon, and being operated by Eagle Flight Center Inc. of Hillsboro, Oregon, was substantially damaged in a landing with the landing gear retracted at Chehalem Airpark, Newberg, Oregon. The commercial pilot, who was the airplane's sole occupant, was not injured in the accident. Visual meteorological conditions existed and no flight plan had been filed for the 14 CFR 91 flight from Stark's Twin Oaks Airport in Hillsboro.
On his NTSB accident report, the pilot reported that he landed gear-up on runway 25, and indicated that no mechanical malfunction or failure was involved in the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6515R
- Reported as
- Cessna 172RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172RG0188
- Airframe hours
- 3,114.7
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-F1A6, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Eagle Flight Center Inc.
- Registered owner
- Paul Etchemendy
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · September 18, 2001 · 15.7 hours before
- Departed
- 7S3 · Hillsboro, OR
- Destination
- 17S · Newberg, OR
- Airport
- 17S · Chehalem Airpark, runway 25, 2,285 × 40 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
- Age
- 45
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Last flight review
- September 8, 2001
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 576 total · 66 in this make and model · 459 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.03 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.