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| Date: | Thursday 20 May 2010 |
| Time: | 19:15 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-30-160 Twin Comanche B |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | ZK-DOK |
| MSN: | 30-1735 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1968 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Ardmore -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA NZ |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The pilot forgot to lower the landing gear during the approach. He also did not notice the dimly lit gear warning light, and due to the cross-wind conditions that night he elected to land without flaps. This configuration therefore required a higher power setting which effectively prevented the gear warning horn from alerting him about the landing gear. The aircraft then slid to a stop on the runway. No-one was injured.
Sources:
CAA NZ Occurrence 10/1920
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 9 June 1978 | ZK-DOK | Oxnam Timber & Hardware Co Ltd | Gisborne Airport, East Coast | |
unk | |
| 21 March 2013 | ZK-DOK | Waikato Aero Club | 0 | Taieri Aerodrome, Otago | |
sub |
| Runway excursion | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-May-2025 18:22 | ASN | Added |
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