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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-23-250 · Smyrna, TN · August 20, 1979

Date: August 20, 1979 · 11:30 local
Place: Smyrna, TN
Airport: Municipal
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N4635P
Reported as: Piper PA23250
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,050 total37 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N4635PRegistration cancelled Apr 18, 2013 · Piper PA-23-250S/N 27-154 · Built 1960 Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250 Engine modelLycoming 0-540 seriesReciprocating

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.

During flight test pilot and inspector failed to lower gear for landing.

As the FAA filed it

DURING FLIGHT TEST PILOT AND INSPECTOR FAILED TO LOWER GEAR FOR LANDING.