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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA24 · Bison, SD · July 10, 1978

Date
July 10, 1978 · 06:30 local
Place
Bison, SD
Airport
Perkins Co
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5906P
Reported as
Piper PA24
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
513 total80 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot failed to extend the gear before touchdown.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT FAILED TO EXTEND THE GEAR BEFORE TOUCHDOWN.