Piper PA-44-180 N9290P
1 June 2010 · Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 1 June 2010 at about 14:55 local time, a Piper PA-44-180 registered N9290P, operated by Spartan Aviation Industries Inc, was involved in an accident near Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States. 3 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.
The record
- Date
- at 14:55
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States
- Nearest airport
- Okmulgee Regional (OKM)
- Coordinates
- 35.6681, -95.9486
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-44-180
- Registration
- N9290P
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Spartan Aviation Industries Inc
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Instructional
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Tulsa → Okmulgee
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- CEN10CA311
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Probable cause
The student pilot’s inadvertent retraction of the nose landing gear and the flight instructor's delayed response.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
Following a practice instrument approach, the student pilot and flight instructor intended to perform a touch-and-go maneuver. During the landing roll the instructor informed the student to retract the airplane’s flaps; however, the student inadvertently moved the landing gear retraction/extension handle to the “up” position. Although the instructor moved the landing gear handle back to the “down” position, the airplane’s nose landing gear collapsed. The airplane continued down the runway about 240 feet before exiting the right side of the runway into the grass. The airplane came to rest in a nose-down position and all three occupants were able to exit unassisted. An examination of the airplane by maintenance personnel after the accident revealed that the right wing sustained structural damage. There were no reported anomalies with the airplane’s landing gear prior to the accident.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Aug 2010 | Piper PA-44-180 | Eastman, Georgia, United States | Orlando Flight Academy | Minor injuries | - |
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| 21 Apr 2010 | Piper PA-44-180 | Tooele, Utah, United States | Leading Edge Aviation | Minor injuries | - |
| 1 Dec 2011 | Piper PA-44-180 | Seattle, Washington, United States | Hillsboro Aviation Inc | Minor injuries | - |
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