- Date
- April 14, 1989, 18:00 local (Apr 15, 1989, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- Yamhill, OR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2990PConsolidated Aeronautics LA-4
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report March 29, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890414008029A
- Case key
- 40997
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Probable cause
Pilot displayed poor inflight planning and preparation for the flight. The pilot did not adequately compensate for the wind conditions resulting in an intentional gear up landing.
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
While on downwind for landing, the airplane encountered a severe downdraft. The pilot opted to abort the landing and retracted the landing gear. With full power applied the airplane continued to descend. The pilot decided to turn back to the airport due to rising terrain and insufficient clearance. The pilot landed the airplane with the landing gear retracted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2990P
- Reported as
- Consolidated Aeronautics LA-4
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 955
- Airframe hours
- 1,460
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Christopher C. Michak
- Registered owner
- Michak, Christopher C
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 19, 1989 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- EUG · Eugene, OR
- Airport
- OR05 · Flying M, runway 7, 2,125 × 40 ft, grass/turf
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
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 665 total · 152 in this make and model · 602 as pilot in command · 35 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 15,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
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 N2990P · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.