Piper PA-30 N19VS

Summary

On 16 December 2021 at about 23:30 local time, a Piper PA-30 registered N19VS, operated by Gardner James R, was involved in an accident near Houston, Texas, 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

16 December 2021 at 23:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Houston, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

Ellington Field (EFD)

Coordinates

29.6073, -95.1588

Aircraft

Piper PA-30

Registration

N19VS

Category

Airplane

Year built

1964

Engines

2

Operator

Gardner James R

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

CEN22LA083

Nobody was injured.

The instructed pilot and the flight instructor’s failure to extend the landing gear before landing resulting in a wheels up landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The flight instructor reported that he and the pilot receiving instruction and flying the airplane were returning to land after a multi-engine training flight. As the airplane touched down on the runway, they heard a scraping noise. The airplane settled onto its belly and came to a stop. The pilots exited the airplane and saw that the airplane’s landing gear was not extended. The flight instructor reentered the airplane and saw that the landing gear circuit breaker was popped. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the lower fuselage. Functionality tests of the normal and emergency landing gear extension/retraction systems and landing gear configuration light did not reveal any anomalies. The flight instructor reported that there were no other preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.