Piper PA28R N7716C
10 July 2018 · Houston, Texas, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 10 July 2018 at about 19:00 local time, a Piper PA28R registered N7716C, operated by Ascent Aviation LLC, was involved in an accident near Houston, Texas, 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 19:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Houston, Texas, United States
- Nearest airport
- David Wayne Hooks Memorial (DWH)
- Coordinates
- 30.0611, -95.5528
- Aircraft
- Piper PA28R
- Registration
- N7716C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Ascent Aviation LLC
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Instructional
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- La Porte → La Porte
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- GAA18CA418
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Probable cause
The pilot receiving instruction's failure to extend the landing gear and the flight instructor's failure to ensure that the landing gear were extended during landing. Contributing to the accident was the pilot receiving instruction's and instructor's failure to conduct a prelanding checklist.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The private pilot reported that he was receiving commercial instruction in an airplane with retractable landing gear during a cross-country flight. He added that, while he turned the airplane from the downwind leg to the base leg of the traffic pattern for the runway, he did not perform the checklist, and the flight instructor did not verity that the landing gear were extended. The airplane touched down on the runway with the landing gear retracted. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the external longerons on the lower fuselage. The pilot receiving instruction reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Apr 2018 | Piper PA 24 | New Braunfels, Texas, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 15 Jul 2018 | Kolb TWINSTAR | La Porte, Texas, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 15 Apr 2018 | Wittman W10 | San Antonio, Texas, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 16 Apr 2018 | Bordiuk CHALLENGER II | Friona, Texas, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 5 Oct 2018 | Beechcraft 55 | San Antonio, Texas, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 14 Jul 2018 | Steen SKYBOLT | Lexington, Texas, United States | - | No injuries | - |