Piper PA24 N6696P

Summary

On 24 August 2019 at about 19:15 local time, a Piper PA24 registered N6696P, operated by Rocco Phillip W, was involved in an accident near Wendover, Utah, United States. 2 people were 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

24 August 2019 at 19:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Wendover, Utah, United States

Nearest airport

Wendover (ENV)

Coordinates

40.7189, -114.0306

Aircraft

Piper PA24

Registration

N6696P

Category

Airplane

Year built

1960

Engines

1

Operator

Rocco Phillip W

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

West Jordan → Wendover

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

WPR19LA239

Nobody was injured.

Failure of the landing gear solenoid, which resulted in failure of the landing gear position switch, and the pilot's subsequent inability to extend the gear using the manual emergency extension system for undetermined reasons.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that, during approach for landing at the conclusion of the cross-country flight, the airplane's landing gear would not fully extend. The pilot subsequently actuated the hand emergency landing gear release lever, and the landing gear still would not fully extend to the down-and-locked position. The pilot then performed multiple heavy g-force maneuvers in an attempt to lower the landing gear but was unable to extend and lock the gear, and subsequently landed the airplane in a dirt area adjacent to the runway, which resulted in substantial damage to the lower fuselage. Examination revealed that the landing gear solenoid was inoperative, resulting in the failure of the gear to operate using the gear position switch; however, the emergency gear extension system operated multiple times during postaccident testing with no anomalies noted.  

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.