41.3488° N, 86.3193° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Plymouth, IN, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
July 15, 1978 · 15:30 local
Place
Plymouth, IN
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5982V
Reported as
Piper PA28R201T
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,141 total180 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 retracted the gear after touchdown. Automatic system to prevent this, had been disabled.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT RETRACTED THE GEAR AFTER TOUCHDOWN. AUTOMATIC SYSTEM TO PREVENT THIS, HAD BEEN DISABLED.