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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA31 · Elmira, NY · March 27, 1980

Date
March 27, 1980 · 15:20 local
Place
Elmira, NY
Airport
Chemung Co
Phase of flight
Final Approach-IFR
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
CRAA
Aircraft
N59111
Reported as
Piper PA31
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,111 total450 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.

Landing gear horn sounded during landing. Found nose gear down lock switch out of adjustment.

As the FAA filed it

LANDING GEAR HORN SOUNDED DURING LANDING. FOUND NOSE GEAR DOWN LOCK SWITCH OUT OF ADJUSTMENT.