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DEN07CA116

2007-07-03 · Loveland, Colorado, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport FNL

Aircraft involved

Probable cause & findings

The pilot's failure to lower the landing gear. Contributing factors were the pilot's attention being diverted, and his failure to use the BEFORE LANDING checklist.

Factual narrative

According to the pilot, he was distracted by what he thought was an aircraft radio failure, his inability to immediately locate the wind sock, and an air show in progress at the destination airport. He stated that he did not go through his normal GUMPS check, forgot to lower the landing gear and landed wheels up. There was damage to the left wing and flap, but the scraping on the bottom of the fuselage exposed and substantially damaged several bulkheads. **This narrative was modified on August 22, 2007.** The pilot said he was distracted by what he thought was an aircraft radio failure, his inability to immediately locate the wind sock, and an air show in progress at the destination airport. He did not go through his normal GUMPS check, forgot to lower the landing gear and landed wheels up. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_2007_DEN07CA116.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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