- Date
- October 5, 2022, 11:30, time zone not recorded
- Place
- Freeport, IL · KFEP
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N147DTRaytheon A36
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Landing gear not configured
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20221005017879A
- Case key
- 106302
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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 pilot reported that, while in the pattern practicing touch and go landings, he became distracted, failed to use the pre-landing checklist, and forgot to extend the airplane’s landing gear. He landed the airplane with the landing gear retracted and skidded to a stop on the runway, resulting in substantial damage to the lower fuselage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N147DT
- Reported as
- Raytheon A36
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- E-3163
- Built
- 1998
- Airframe hours
- 3,336
- Engine
- Continental IO-550B, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 19, 2022
- Departed
- KRFD · Rockford, IL
- Destination
- KJVL · Janesville, WI
- Airport
- KFEP · Albertus Airport, runway 24, 5,504 × 100 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Auto-pilot, Electronic multifunction display, ADS-B, Onboard weather, Electronic primary flight display
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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 73
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Military, Commercial, Flight instructor, Airline transport, Flight engineer
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- BasicMed, Unknown
- Last flight review
- September 15, 2022
- Seat
- Right
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 32,000 total · 5,100 in this make and model · 20,500 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 66
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Sport pilot, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- April 20, 2022
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 1,922 total · 1,084 in this make and model · 1,922 as pilot in command · 38 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 3012.00 inHg
- Observed at
- KFEP
- METAR
- KFEP 051715Z AUTO 22005KT 10SM CLR 21/06 A3012 RMK AO2 T02110060
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on January 5, 2023, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 7.2 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.