ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 155752
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| Date: | Thursday 11 April 2013 |
| Time: | 12:00 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-24-260 Commanche |
| Owner/operator: | SEAA (Pty) Ltd |
| Registration: | VH-DRB |
| MSN: | 24-4984 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1971 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Albany Airport, Albany, WA -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Albany Airport, WA (ALH/YABA) |
| Albany Airport, WA (ALH/YABA) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
On 11 April 2013, a Piper PA-24-260, registered VH-DRB, departed Albany Airport, Western Australia, to conduct an annual aeroplane flight review, with the pilot and testing officer on board.
After conducting the aerial work component of the flight review, VH-DRB returned to the circuit and did two touch and go circuits on runway 14. On take-off the testing officer informed the pilot that the circuit would be at low-level for a full stop landing. On early downwind, the testing officer asked the pilot if a glide approach could be made for runway 23 and the decision was made to conduct a practice forced landing on runway 23. The pilot moved the throttle lever to reduce engine power and extended the flaps to slow the aircraft. On final, the testing officer thought she saw the pilot move his hand to the landing gear selector. The aircraft subsequently landed with the landing gear retracted just past the intersection with runway 14/32, skidded and then came to a stop. The pilot and testing officer were not injured and the aircraft sustained minor damage.
As the landing for runway 23 was initiated during a low-level circuit and on early downwind, the pilot reported that he was not following his normal pre-landing sequence.
The approach appeared a little fast, however, the pilot reasoned that it was because the aircraft type normally floated a little on landing and there was a slight crosswind that may have had a small tailwind component.
The testing officer also reported the approach looked a little fast and reasoned that was because the runway has a slight down slope, there may have been a small tailwind component and it was similar to the speed of the prior flapless landing.
Sources:
1. http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2013/aair/ao-2013-068.aspx
2. http://www.regosearch.com/aircraft/au/DRB
3. http://www.xnatmap.org/viat/docs/08%20dnmac.htm
4. http://www.adastra.adastron.com/aircraft/misc/survey-aircraft.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-May-2013 07:38 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 22-Apr-2014 17:16 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Jun-2022 20:40 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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