Piper PA-31-350 N313RA

Summary

On 9 October 2007 at about 14:13 local time, a Piper PA-31-350 registered N313RA, operated by Key Lime Air, Inc., was involved in an accident near Trinidad, Colorado, 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.

Date

9 October 2007 at 14:13

Classification

Accident

Location

Trinidad, Colorado, United States

Nearest airport

Perry Stokes Field (TAD)

Coordinates

37.2594, -104.3406

Aircraft

Piper PA-31-350

Registration

N313RA

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Key Lime Air, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Lamar → Trinidad

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN08LA012

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to extend the landing gear.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot failed to extend the landing gear, resulting in substantial damage to the bottom of the fuselage. The operator noted, "[The] pilot freely admits to forgetting to extend gear." the report said. Photographs of the airplane reveal the fuselage skin to be gone, exposing several compromised bulkheads.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.