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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA31350 · Washington, DC · March 20, 1980

Date
March 20, 1980 · 08:00 local
Place
Washington, DC
Airport
Natl
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N74939
Reported as
Piper PA31350
People aboard
8
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,500 total175 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.

On gear retraction gear down indicator stayed on, also unsafe light. Extended gear & landed normally.

As the FAA filed it

ON GEAR RETRACTION GEAR DOWN INDICATOR STAYED ON, ALSO UNSAFE LIGHT. EXTENDED GEAR & LANDED NORMALLY.