Piper PA-28RT-201 N2242N

Summary

On 23 September 2023 at about 15:45 local time, a Piper PA-28RT-201 registered N2242N was involved in an accident near Chesterfield, Missouri, United States. 4 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

23 September 2023 at 15:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Chesterfield, Missouri, United States

Nearest airport

Spirit of St Louis (SUS)

Coordinates

38.6652, -90.6594

Aircraft

Piper PA-28RT-201

Registration

N2242N

Category

Airplane

Year built

1979

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN23LA417

Nobody was injured.

The partial retraction of the right main and nose landing gear during landing rollout for undetermined reasons.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot conducted an uneventful local flight without issue just before the accident flight. During the accident flight, while conducting a visual traffic pattern approach to the runway, the pilot verified three green landing gear extended annunciator lights and proceeded to land the airplane. After a normal touchdown, he felt that the right wing was low and began to correct the attitude when the right wing continued to drop and scrape the runway. The airplane pulled to the right, exited the runway, spun slowly to the right, and came to rest upright. The airplane’s right main and nose landing gear were found partially retracted and the outboard right wing sustained substantial damage. Postaccident examination and testing of the airframe and landing gear system revealed no evidence of any preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation. The reason for the partial retraction of the right main and nose landing gear could not be determined.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.