What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Gear switch mechanism failed.
As the FAA filed it
GEAR SWITCH MECHANISM FAILED.
FAA incident report · Piper PA-30 · Buffalo, NY · February 17, 1980
- Date
- February 17, 1980 · 15:19 local
- Place
- Buffalo, NY
- Airport
- International
- Phase of flight
- Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules
- General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft
- N8329Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA30
- People aboard
- 1
- Fatal injuries
- 0
- Pilot’s flight hours
- 1,750 total200 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.