Crash location | 35.219445°N, 101.705833°W |
Nearest city | Amarillo, TX
35.221997°N, 101.831297°W 7.1 miles away |
Tail number | N5621P |
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Accident date | 04 Jul 2011 |
Aircraft type | Piper PA-24-180 |
Additional details: | None |
When the airplane was landed at the destination airport, the pilot was preoccupied with flying duties and forgot to lower the airplane's landing gear. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the lower fuselage. An inspection of the airplane revealed no malfunctions or anomalies which would have precluded the normal operation of the airplane.
The pilot's failure to lower the landing gear prior to landing.