Piper PA-28R-201 N4106Q

Summary

On 25 June 2011 at about 16:00 local time, a Piper PA-28R-201 registered N4106Q was involved in an accident near Rantoul, Illinois, 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

25 June 2011 at 16:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Rantoul, Illinois, United States

Nearest airport

Rantoul National Aviation Ctr. (KTIP)

Coordinates

40.2936, -88.1425

Aircraft

Piper PA-28R-201

Registration

N4106Q

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Rantoul → Rantoul

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN11LA418

Nobody was injured.

The pilot did not use the emergency landing gear extension system, which resulted in a wheels-up landing. Contributing to the accident was the inoperative landing gear power pack motor.

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 fully retract after takeoff. He elected to return to the departure airport for a wheels-up landing after several unsuccessful attempts to retract the landing gear. The pilot did not use the emergency extension system after noticing that the green landing gear position lights were not illuminated. A postaccident examination revealed that the main landing gear were extended about 1-foot below their respective wheel wells. The nose landing gear was fully retracted into its respective wheel well and its gear doors were closed. Further examination revealed that the electrical motor for the landing gear power pack did not function due to excessive brush wear. The landing gear extended properly using the emergency extension system during a postaccident test.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.