Piper PA34 N328RG

Summary

On 11 September 2019 at about 17:36 local time, a Piper PA34 registered N328RG, operated by Aircraft Resource Management, LLC, was involved in an accident near Kingman, Kansas, 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

11 September 2019 at 17:36

Classification

Accident

Location

Kingman, Kansas, United States

Nearest airport

Kingman Airport (9K8)

Coordinates

37.6692, -98.1239

Aircraft

Piper PA34

Registration

N328RG

Category

Airplane

Year built

1975

Engines

2

Operator

Aircraft Resource Management, LLC

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Wichita → Kingman

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN19LA315

Nobody was injured.

The malfunction of the landing gear extension system for reasons that could not be determined with the available evidence.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot was on a personal flight when, during final approach for landing, the gear unsafe warning horn sounded. The pilot made a go-around when he saw the gear safe indicator lights were not illuminated. The pilot verified, with another pilot on the ground, that the landing gear were not extended after several attempts to extend the landing gear, including using the emergency extension procedure. The pilot then made a wheels-up landing on the runway, during which the airplane’s lower fuselage structural longerons were substantially damaged. After the accident, the landing gear extended into the down-and-locked position when the airplane was hoisted off the runway surface using a crane and straps. Postaccident examination and testing revealed no issues with the normal landing gear extension/retraction system or the emergency extension procedure. The investigation was unable to duplicate the pilot’s report that he was unable to extend the landing gear using the normal and/or emergency procedures during the flight. The reason for the malfunction of the landing gear extension system could not be determined based on the available evidence.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.