Piper PA-24-250 N6240P
9 April 2001 · Chino, California, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 9 April 2001 at about 00:30 local time, a Piper PA-24-250 registered N6240P was involved in an accident near Chino, 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 00:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Chino, California, United States
- Nearest airport
- Chino (CNO)
- Coordinates
- 34.0005, -117.6808
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-24-250
- Registration
- N6240P
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Corona → Chino
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- LAX01LA148
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. A factor was the pilot's failure to use the landing checklist.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The airplane landed with the landing gear retracted. The pilot said he initiated a go-around on his first attempted landing because the runway wasn't clear. He forgot that he raised his landing gear. He was wearing a new noise attenuating headset that changed the sounds he normally heard when flying his airplane. He did not recognize the gear warning horn during the accident landing. He recalled that the gear warning horn was still sounding as he removed his headset.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Piper PA-24 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 May 2001 | Piper PA-24-260 | Napa, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 8 Mar 2001 | Piper PA-24 | Saint Helens, Oregon, United States | Steven D. Talbot | No injuries | - |
| 16 Nov 2001 | Piper PA-24-250 | Peachtree City, Georgia, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 12 May 2001 | Piper PA-24-250 | Maldon Essex, United Kingdom | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 28 Jun 2001 | Piper PA-24-250 | Uvalde, Texas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 31 Mar 2001 | Piper PA-24-250 | Paris, Virginia, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
All 2,700 records for this type
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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