19791113053449I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28RT-201 · Phoenix, AZ · November 13, 1979

Date
November 13, 1979 · 12:15 local
Place
Phoenix, AZ
Airport
Sky Harbor
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2919X
Reported as
Piper PA28RT201
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,720 total3 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.

Crew thought gear down lights were on but airplane landed gear up. Tests showed landing gear working normally.

As the FAA filed it

CREW THOUGHT GEAR DOWN LIGHTS WERE ON BUT AIRPLANE LANDED GEAR UP. TESTS SHOWED LANDING GEAR WORKING NORMALLY.