# NTSB WPR12CA240: Cessna P337H, N5KX, Jerome, ID, May 30, 2012 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: May 30, 2012, 10:00 local (16:00 UTC) - Place: Jerome, ID - Coordinates: 42.722778, -114.453887 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7228&lon=-114.4539&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Landing gear not configured](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report August 7, 2012 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Western Pacific Region - Parties: Boise FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 83817 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR12CA240 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/83817/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=83817 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12CA240 ## Probable cause The pilot’s failure to extend the landing gear before landing. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's failure to use the checklist before landing. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Landing gear system](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023200): Aircraft › Aircraft systems · Not used/operated (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna P337H, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023200/cases.md?model=2075731), [All aircraft, 113 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023200/cases.md) - [Action: forgotten action/omission](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041035): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna P337H, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041035/cases.md?model=2075731), [All aircraft, 440 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041035/cases.md) - [Use of equip/info: use of checklist](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063030): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna P337H, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063030/cases.md?model=2075731), [All aircraft, 336 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063030/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Landing gear not configured](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna P337H, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095/sequence.md?model=2075731), [All aircraft, 584 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095/sequence.md) - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090); cases with it: [Cessna P337H, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md?model=2075731), [All aircraft, 1,506 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot intended to make a full-stop landing. However, the pilot did not extend the landing gear before landing, and the airplane touched down with the landing gear up, resulting in substantial damage to a fuselage bulkhead. The pilot stated that he had a checklist in his lap, but he became distracted and did not reference the checklist before landing. ## Factual narrative The pilot, who intended to make a full-stop landing at the non-controlled destination airport, entered the traffic pattern on the downwind leg. He then continued on around the traffic pattern to his planned visual flight rules landing. Because he did not lower the landing gear before the airplane touched down, it landed gear-up, resulting in substantial damage to a fuselage bulkhead. Although the pilot had a checklist in his lap, he said he became distracted and did not reference it. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N5KX](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5KX-2019-02-01), registration cancelled 2019-02-01, S/N P3370339, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA P337H - Registry model: [Cessna P337H](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p337h) (registry code 2075731) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (registry code 17019, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: P3370339 - Engines: CONT MOTOR TSIO-360 SER 225 horsepower reciprocating; CONT MOTOR TSIO-360 SER 225 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Glenn Arrington - Registered owner: Shl Investments LLC - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Departed: KTWF, Twinn Falls, ID - Destination: KJER, Jerome, ID - Flight plan: Unknown - Airport: KJER, Jerome County Airport, runway 27, 5,001 × 75 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 60; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; seat: left; flight hours: 1,021 total, 59 in this make and model ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 290° at 10 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 (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20120530008319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120530008319A), May 30, 2012: Cessna P337H, Jerome, ID, Substantial damage. On 5-30-2012, pilot flew from ktwf to kjer. Pilot states in written statement he forgot to lower the gear prior to landing and landed gear up at approximately… ## Docket (1 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 17, 2012, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=83817. 1.9 MB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 1.9 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40370390&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. 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