35.9283° N, 79.0401° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Chapel Hill, NC, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
July 29, 1978 · 12:30 local
Place
Chapel Hill, NC
Airport
Horace Williams
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6513P
Reported as
Piper PA24
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
340 total15 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 made gear up landing due to failure of landing gear motor, part number 2128600.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT MADE GEAR UP LANDING DUE TO FAILURE OF LANDING GEAR MOTOR, PART NUMBER 2128600.