What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Pilot failed to lower the landing gear before touchdown.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT FAILED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR BEFORE TOUCHDOWN.
FAA incident report · Piper PA-24-250 · Tucson, AZ · October 14, 1978
- Date
- October 14, 1978 · 12:00 local
- Place
- Tucson, AZ
- Airport
- Ryan
- Phase of flight
- Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules
- General operating rules (Part 91)
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Aircraft
- N891MD
- Reported as
- Piper PA24250
- People aboard
- 1
- Fatal injuries
- 0
- Pilot’s flight hours
- 670 total492 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
N891MDRegistered now · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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.