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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-24 · Chicago, IL · August 18, 1981

Date
August 18, 1981 · 21:00 local
Place
Chicago, IL
Airport
Midway
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5548P
Reported as
Piper PA24
Reported engine
Lycoming O360A1A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
421 total149 in this make and model65 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.

Landed gear up. Pilot had actuated gear down lever, failed to check gear. Maladjusted up limit switch and gear horn

As the FAA filed it

LANDED GEAR UP. PILOT HAD ACTUATED GEAR DOWN LEVER, FAILED TO CHECK GEAR. MALADJUSTED UP LIMIT SWITCH AND GEAR HORN

Other reports on N5548P · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.