Piper PA-24-250 N5844P
2 January 2022 · Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 2 January 2022 at about 21:30 local time, a Piper PA-24-250 registered N5844P was involved in an accident near Grand Forks, North Dakota, 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 21:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States
- Nearest airport
- Grand Forks Int'l (GFK)
- Coordinates
- 47.9473, -97.1738
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-24-250
- Registration
- N5844P
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 1959
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Ashland → Park River
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- CEN22LA102
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
Failure of the landing gear to properly extend before landing for reasons that could not be determined.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot reported that the landing gear did not extend properly as he approached the intended destination airport. His attempts to extend the landing gear manually were not successful, and he decided to divert to a tower-controlled airport. The tower controller subsequently confirmed that the landing gear appeared to be “a few inches down from the retracted position” but was not fully extended. He ultimately executed an emergency gear-up landing. A postaccident examination of the landing gear system was performed after the airplane was repositioned to a hangar at the airport. The landing gear motor jack screw corresponded to the retracted position at the time of the exam. Electrical power did not appear to be reaching the gear extension motor. When the nose landing gear doors were released (opened), the landing gear was able to be extended manually. Although, the examination confirmed an anomaly with both the primary and secondary extension/retraction systems, it did not determine the exact problem.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Jun 2022 | Piper PA-24-250 | Auburn, Washington, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 25 Apr 2022 | Piper PA-24 | Honesdale, Pennsylvania, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 27 Apr 2022 | Piper PA-24-260 | Terre Haute, Indiana, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 28 Oct 2022 | Piper PA-24-250 | Columbia, South Carolina, United States | CJL Aviation LLC | Minor injuries | - |
| 11 May 2022 | Piper PA-24-250 | Athens, Georgia, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 26 Jun 2022 | Piper PA-24-250 | Warm Springs, Georgia, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
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