19781001030679I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-24-250 · Viroqua, WI · October 1, 1978

Date
October 1, 1978 · 17:30 local
Place
Viroqua, WI
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5865P
Reported as
Piper PA24250
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,500 total20 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 making unscheduled landing to secure the cabin door, failed to extend the landing gear before touchdown.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT MAKING UNSCHEDULED LANDING TO SECURE THE CABIN DOOR, FAILED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR BEFORE TOUCHDOWN.

Other reports on N5865P · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.