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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-24 · Carlsbad, CA · January 31, 1981

Date: January 31, 1981 · 19:13 local
Place: Carlsbad, CA
Airport: Palomar
Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6097P
Reported as: Piper PA24
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,200 total25 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N6097PRegistered now · Piper PA-24S/N 24-765 · Built 1959 Airframe modelPiper PA-24 Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 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.

Landing gear failed to extend due to missing spring and incorrect bolt. Landed gear up.

As the FAA filed it

LANDING GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND DUE TO MISSING SPRING AND INCORRECT BOLT. LANDED GEAR UP.