19790520026539I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-24-250 · Chicago Heights, IL · May 20, 1979

Date
May 20, 1979 · 14:15 local
Place
Chicago Heights, IL
Airport
Haedtler
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6284P
Reported as
Piper PA24250
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
21,000 total1,400 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 extend gear before landing.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT FORGOT TO EXTEND GEAR BEFORE LANDING.