ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 199065
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| Date: | Saturday 12 December 2015 |
| Time: | 15:05 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-31-350 Chieftain |
| Owner/operator: | Creative Marketing Associates Inc |
| Registration: | N27405 |
| MSN: | 31-7752164 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1977 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 7255 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming LTIO-540-J2BD |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Clearwater, FL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Tampa, FL (TPF) |
| Clearwater, FL (CLW) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The commercial pilot reported that, on the downwind leg of the traffic pattern, he applied flaps and pushed the landing gear lever "completely down" and then saw the landing gear extension indicator lights illuminate. On short final and as the airplane passed through 500 ft above ground level, he verified that the three green landing gear extension lights had illuminated and applied full flaps for landing. Subsequently, the airplane landed hard with the gear retracted and skidded to a stop on the runway.
Postaccident examination of the airplane revealed that it sustained substantial damage to the fuselage keel beam, formers, and stringers. Postaccident examination of the landing gear system revealed no evidence of any faults, malfunctions, or anomalies with the system, including the landing gear extension indicator lights and warning horn. It is likely that the pilot failed to extend the landing gear, which resulted in the gear-up landing.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to extend the landing gear before landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 19-Aug-2017 16:48 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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