ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 349761
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| Date: | Tuesday 9 January 2024 |
| Time: | 12:15 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-34-200 Seneca |
| Owner/operator: | Upgrade Incorporated |
| Registration: | N33300 |
| MSN: | 34-7450205 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1974 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Groton-New London Airport (GON/KGON), Groton, CT -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | New London-Groton Airport, CT (GON/KGON) |
| New London-Groton Airport, CT (GON/KGON) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On the downwind leg of the traffic pattern the pilot receiving instruction and the flight instructor were having a conversation about when to extend the landing gear, as the pilot receiving instruction was new to this airplane. During this discussion the pilots were contacted by air traffic control (ATC) and a conversation took place about a possible change of runway. After the exchange with ATC the pilots did not return to their conversation about when to extend the landing gear. After being cleared to land, the pilot receiving instruction performed a normal approach to landing. The pilots reported that they realized they had forgotten to extend the landing gear when they heard the airplane contact the runway. The airplane skidded down the asphalt, resulting in substantial damage to the external longerons of the fuselage. The flight instructor reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
The airplane was equipped with a landing gear position warning horn that was designed to sound when either of the throttles were pulled back for landing. Neither pilot specifically remembered hearing the warning horn during the accident landing. After the airplane was recovered, the landing gear warning horn was tested and was found to operate normally.
Probable Cause: The pilot receiving instruction’s failure to extend the landing gear prior to landing. Also contributing, was the flight instructor’s failure to monitor the airplane’s configuration while on approach to land.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.wtnh.com/news/connecticut/new-london/plane-lands-at-groton-new-london-airport-after-issue-in-flight/
https://patch.com/connecticut/groton/aircraft-experiences-issue-lands-groton-new-london-airport
https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=193664
https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=33300
https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/N33300/history/20240109/1707Z/KGON/KGON
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRnrydficPg
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 May 2021 | N33300 | Upgrade Incorporated | 0 | Groton New London Airport (GON/KGON), CT | |
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Photo: NTSB
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Jan-2024 20:59 | vasilf | Added |
| 10-Jan-2024 07:51 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 10-Jan-2024 07:51 | harro | Updated [Other fatalities] |
| 27-Jan-2024 09:35 | Captain Adam | Updated [Time, Source, Damage, Narrative, Accident report] |
| 01-Mar-2024 08:13 | Captain Adam | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative, Photo] |
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