Piper PA 31 N27405
12 December 2015 · Clearwater, Florida, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 12 December 2015 at about 20:05 local time, a Piper PA 31 registered N27405, operated by Creative Marketing Associates Inc, was involved in an accident near Clearwater, Florida, 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 20:05
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Clearwater, Florida, United States
- Nearest airport
- Clearwater Air Park (CLW)
- Coordinates
- 27.9772, -82.7592
- Aircraft
- Piper PA 31
- Registration
- N27405
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 1977
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Creative Marketing Associates Inc
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Executive/Corporate
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Tampa → Clearwater
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- GAA16LA087
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to extend the landing gear before landing.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The commercial pilot reported that, on the downwind leg of the traffic pattern, he applied flaps and pushed the landing gear lever "completely down" and then saw the landing gear extension indicator lights illuminate. On short final and as the airplane passed through 500 ft above ground level, he verified that the three green landing gear extension lights had illuminated and applied full flaps for landing. Subsequently, the airplane landed hard with the gear retracted and skidded to a stop on the runway. Postaccident examination of the airplane revealed that it sustained substantial damage to the fuselage keel beam, formers, and stringers. Postaccident examination of the landing gear system revealed no evidence of any faults, malfunctions, or anomalies with the system, including the landing gear extension indicator lights and warning horn. It is likely that the pilot failed to extend the landing gear, which resulted in the gear-up landing.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Piper PA-31 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Feb 2015 | Piper PA 31-350 | Chicago, Illinois, United States | Solutions Air Charter | No injuries | - |
| 17 Nov 2015 | Piper PA 31-350 | Portland, Oregon, United States | Ameriflight LLC. | No injuries | - |
| 3 Oct 2015 | Piper PA-31-325 | Chia, Colombia | El Caminante Air S.A. | Fatal | 2 |
| 17 May 2015 | Piper PA 31-350 | Homer, Alaska, United States | J and M Alaska Air Tours Inc | No injuries | - |
| 21 Jan 2015 | Piper PA-31-350 | Goodland, Kansas, United States | Key Lime Air | No injuries | - |
| 6 Sep 2014 | Piper PA-31-350 | Araracuara, Colombia | Latinoamericana De Sevicios Aereos - Laser S.A.S | Fatal | 10 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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