19781215025189I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA31T · Benson, MN · December 15, 1978

Date
December 15, 1978 · 14:30 local
Place
Benson, MN
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N89BK
Reported as
Piper PA31T
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
800 total53 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 forgot to lower landing gear.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT FORGOT TO LOWER LANDING GEAR.