Accident Piper PA-24-250 N6370P,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 284672
 
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Date:Sunday 1 July 2007
Time:09:24 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic PA24 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Piper PA-24-250
Owner/operator:Nevada Steel
Registration: N6370P
MSN: 24-1480
Year of manufacture:1959
Total airframe hrs:3267 hours
Engine model:Lycoming O-540
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Category:Accident
Location:Boulder City, Nevada -   United States of America
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Kingman Airport, AZ (IGM/KIGM)
Destination airport:BOULDER CITY, NV (61B)
Investigating agency: NTSB
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
The airplane landed with the landing gear in the retracted position and slid about 150 feet down the runway on its belly. The pilot said he performed the before landing checklist on the downwind, continued the approach, but did not perform a final check and forgot to extend the landing gear. During the landing flare, the airplane touched down on the bottom of the fuselage. The pilot reported no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane prior to impact.

Probable Cause: the pilot's failure to extend the landing gear.

Accident investigation:
cover
  
Investigating agency: NTSB
Report number: LAX07CA196
Status: Investigation completed
Duration: 4 months
Download report: Final report

Sources:

NTSB LAX07CA196

Revision history:

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