Piper PA-24-260 N9020P
26 September 2017 · Los Angeles, California, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 26 September 2017 at about 23:38 local time, a Piper PA-24-260 registered N9020P was involved in an accident near Los Angeles, California, 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.
The record
- Date
- at 23:38
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- Nearest airport
- Whiteman Airport (WHP)
- Coordinates
- 34.2594, -118.4133
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-24-260
- Registration
- N9020P
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 1966
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Camarillo → Los Angeles
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- WPR17LA217
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to extend the landing gear before landing.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot was concluding a personal flight. He stated that he lowered the landing gear while preparing to land and felt the airplane's drag increase; however, he could not remember if he got confirmation that the landing gear were down and locked from the indicator light in the cockpit. He stated that the landing flare was normal but that as the airplane continued the landing roll, all three landing gear collapsed. The airplane sustained structural damage to the fuselage. Postaccident examination of the airplane revealed that all the landing gear were in the gear wells. The main landing gear doors were not damaged and only the nose landing gear door had light scratches, which is likely due to the landing gear being in the retracted position as the airplane touched down on the runway. A landing gear swing was accomplished, and no mechanical malfunctions or failures were revealed that would have precluded normal operation.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Piper PA-24 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Oct 2017 | Piper PA 24-250 | Hillsboro, Oregon, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 12 Apr 2018 | Piper PA 24 | New Braunfels, Texas, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 17 Dec 2018 | Piper PA-24-250 | Aberdeen, Idaho, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 4 Jun 2016 | Piper PA 24 | Loda, Illinois, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 29 Jan 2016 | Piper PA 24-260 | Santa Rosa, California, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 8 Feb 2018 | Piper PA 24-260 | Fargo, North Dakota, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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