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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA32RT300 · Block Island, RI · March 28, 1981

Date: March 28, 1981 · 20:10 local
Place: Block Island, RI
Airport: Block Island
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N3031A
Reported as: Piper PA32RT300
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 13,500 total150 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N3031ARegistered now · Piper PA-32RT-300TS/N 32R-7987018 · Built 1979 Airframe modelPiper PA-32RT-300T Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 seriesTurbo-prop

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.

Pilot touched down with landing gear in up position. Pilot stated he just forgot to put the landing gear down.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT TOUCHED DOWN WITH LANDING GEAR IN UP POSITION. PILOT STATED HE JUST FORGOT TO PUT THE LANDING GEAR DOWN.