ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 287079
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| Date: | Sunday 5 April 2009 |
| Time: | 15:40 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172RG |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | N6208V |
| MSN: | 172RG0591 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1980 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 8713 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-360-F1A6 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Charleston, South Carolina -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Charleston International Airport, SC (CHS/KCHS) |
| Charleston Executive Airport, SC (KJZI) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
While practicing a "power off 180 degree accuracy landing," the certificated private pilot became distracted in the traffic pattern by a converging airplane on approach to a different runway at the same airport. The accident airplane touched down with the landing gear retracted and sustained substantial damage to the fuselage. The accident pilot had not lowered the gear on the downwind leg; instead, he intended to lower the gear on final, when "he was sure [he] had the runway made." According to the airplane's information manual, the accident airplane was equipped with an audio warning system which was designed to sound whenever the throttle was retarded below 12 inches of manifold pressure. The accident pilot stated that he did not notice the landing gear warning tone until after the airplane stopped on the ground. Most of the accident pilot's instruction in complex airplanes was not conducted in the accident airplane.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to extend the landing gear before landing. Contributing to the accident was the diversion of the pilot's attention to an airplane on a converging final approach course.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ERA09CA234
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 04-Oct-2022 07:05 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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