Piper PA-31-350 N84859

Summary

On 12 November 2007 at about 15:50 local time, a Piper PA-31-350 registered N84859, operated by Salmon Air Taxi, was involved in an accident near Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

12 November 2007 at 15:50

Classification

Accident

Location

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Nearest airport

Salt Lake City (KSLC)

Coordinates

40.7883, -111.9775

Aircraft

Piper PA-31-350

Registration

N84859

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Salmon Air Taxi

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Positioning

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Price → Salt Lake City

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA08LA025

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to lower the landing gear prior to landing. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's failure to use a written checklist.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

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The pilot was initially inbound for a straight-in landing, but was switched by the tower to a different runway. The pilot, who performed his pre-landing configuration actions from memory, failed to put the landing gear down, and landed with the landing gear still retracted. The pilot indicated that although he thought he had seen the illumination of the green landing gear position indicator lights while on short final, he had instead seen the reflection of the rays from the rising sun.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.