- Date
- June 5, 1984, 14:40 local (21:40 UTC)
- Place
- Las Vegas, NV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N14NPPiper Aerostar 601P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840605024359A
- Case key
- 39929
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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.
Analysis
The plt stated he lowered the gear before entering the traffic pattern & noted a down-&-locked indication. He reported that during the landing flare, the gear unsafe horn sounded & he applied power to go around. However, he felt the acft scrap the surface, so he retarded the throttle & moved the gear selector to the up position. After the accident, an exam of the landing gear sys revealed no abnormalities.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N14NP
- Reported as
- Piper Aerostar 601P (AEROSTAR 6)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 61P0521218
- Airframe hours
- 801
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540, 290 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Eugene R. Grace
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 4, 1984 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- LAS
- Destination
- WSF · Lancaster, CA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- LAS · Mccarran Intl, runway 19R, 5,000 × 75 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
- 54
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 440 total · 165 in this make and model · 280 as pilot in command · 27 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LAS
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.