- Date
- March 6, 2008, 22:00 local (Mar 7, 2008, 05:00 UTC)
- Place
- Bountiful, UT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N146PPiper PA-24
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Landing gear not configured
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Status
- Completed · report April 30, 2008
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20080307011339A
- Case key
- 67665
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to extend the landing gear.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The private pilot was on the final leg of a cross-country flight that originated approximately one hour prior to the accident. The pilot reported that he did not check the landing gear position during the straight in approach and consequently landed with the gear in the retracted position. No mechanical malfunctions were reported.
Factual narrative
The private pilot was on the final leg of a cross-country flight that originated approximately one hour prior to the accident. The pilot reported that he did not check the landing gear position during the straight in approach and consequently landed with the gear in the retracted position. No mechanical malfunctions were reported.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N146P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-366
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- John B. Martin
- Registered owner
- G and B Aircraft
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- ENV · Wendover, UT
- Destination
- BTF · Bountiful, UT
- Airport
- BTF · Skypark, runway 34, 4,700 × 70 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
- 51
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 595 total · 115 in this make and model · 18 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Wind
- 310° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N146P · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.