Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Springfield, Illinois 62707
Friday, January 31, 2014 13:12 CST
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
On January 31, 2014, at 1312 central standard time, a Piaggio model P180 airplane, N700FE, was substantially damaged when the landing gear collapsed during landing roll at Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport (SPI), Springfield, Illinois. The pilot, copilot, and 3 passengers were not injured. The airplane was registered to Peregrine Falcon, Inc. and operated by Mountain Aviation, Inc., under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91, while on an instrument flight rules flight plan. Day instrument meteorological conditions prevailed for the cross-country business flight, which departed Dane County Regional Airport (MSN), Madison, Wisconsin, at 1157.
The flight crew reported that before crossing the outer marker for the instrument approach to runway 4 they executed a missed approach because of an unsafe landing gear position indication. The flight crew successfully extended the landing gear after completing the emergency landing gear extension procedure. One of the steps of the emergency extension procedure was to select the hydraulic system to OFF. The landing gear was then hand-pumped into the down-and-locked position. Before landing, the flight crew reengaged the hydraulic system in an attempt to utilize power braking and nose-gear steering during the landing on a snow-covered runway. However, the pilot flying reported that during landing the wheel brakes were less effective than normal and the nose wheel steering was not functioning. He stated that the landing gear retracted without warning as the airplane approached normal taxi speed near the taxiway foxtrot turnoff.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 1/31/2014 |
| Event Day of the Week | Friday |
| Time of Event | 1312 |
| Event Time Zone | Central Standard Time |
| Event City | Springfield |
| Event State | ILLINOIS |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 62707 |
| Event Date Year | 2014 |
| Event Date Month | 1 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | 395039N |
| Event Location Longitude | 0894041W |
| Event Location Airport | Abraham Lincoln Capital |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | SPI |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | On Airport |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 0 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | -- |
| Airport Elevation | 598 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | -- |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1302 Central Standard Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | -- |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | SPI |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 598 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 0 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | CST |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 1000 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | -- |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | -- |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | Broken |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | -- |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 2 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | -4 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | -8 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 10 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Wind direction could be determined |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 3 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | -- |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30.14 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | -- |
| METAR weather report | SPECI KSPI 311902Z 01003KT 2 1/2SM -SN BKN010 BKN0 |
| Event Highest Injury | None |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | -- |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | 5 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | -- |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | -- |
| NTSB Notification Source | CEN Region Duty Officer, Craig |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | -- |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Feb 10 2014 10:43AM |
| User who most recently changed record | foxt |
| Basic weather conditions | Instrument Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N700FE |
| NTSB Number | CEN14LA127 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | -- |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | IFR |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | Yes |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | PIAGGIO |
| Aircraft Model | P180 - AVANTI II |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | -- |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 1232 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 12100 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | -- |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | -- |
| Number of Engines | 2 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | -- |
| Date of Last Inspection | -- |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | -- |
| Airframe Hours | -- |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | No |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown |
| ELT Type | C126 |
| Aircraft Owner Name | Peregrine Falcon, LLC |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 800 Park Boulevard, Suite 720 |
| Aircraft Owner City | Boise |
| Aircraft Owner State | ID |
| Aircraft Owner Country | USA |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 83712 |
| Operator is an individual? | No |
| Operator Name | Mountain Aviation, Inc. |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | 9656 Metro Airport Avenue |
| Operator City | Broomfield |
| Operator State | CO |
| Operator Country | USA |
| Operator Zip code | 80021 |
| Operator Code | -- |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | -- |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | -- |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Business |
| Second Pilot on Board | Yes |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | MSN |
| Departure City | Madison |
| Departure State | WI |
| Departure Country | USA |
| Departure Time | 1157 |
| Departure Time Zone | CST |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | crash at destination city |
| Destination Airport Code | SPI |
| Destination City | Springfield |
| Destination State | IL |
| Destination Country | USA |
| Specific Phase of Flight | -- |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Feb 10 2014 2:50PM |
| User who most recently changed record | foxt |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 04 |
| Runway Length | 8001 |
| Runway Width | 150 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |