- Date
- June 17, 1992, 15:18 local (22:18 UTC)
- Place
- Seattle, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- CGRJAPiper PA-31-350
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 42835
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to follow procedures. A factor to the accident was: diverted attention.
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
As the flight entered the airport area, the pilot was instructed to hold. While the flight was holding, the pilot completed the pre-landing checklist, except for extending the landing gear. When the pilot was given landing instructions, the flight was vectored to enter the base leg. At approximately five miles out, the pilot made a call to company ground personnel to inform them that he would be a little late. The flight was then cleared to land. Everything was normal on final approach until, during the flare, the power was reduced to idle. When the power was reduced, the landing gear warning horn sounded. The airplane then landed gear up and slid approximately 750 feet before coming to a stop. The pilot stated that normally the landing gear is extended at the five mile point; however, on the day of the accident, he felt that the call to the ground personnel distracted him from the normal procedures.
Aircraft
- Registration
- CGRJA
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31-350
- Category
- Airplane
- Airframe hours
- 5,700
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-540-J2BD, 350 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Operator
- Juan Air
- Registered owner
- Juan Air
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · June 14, 1992 · 3 hours before
- Departed
- CYYJ · Victoria, Bc
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- SEA · Seattle, runway 34, 11,900 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 27
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,170 total · 350 in this make and model · 1,930 as pilot in command · 200 in the last 90 days · 90 in the last 30 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F