# Incident 19810818083569I: Piper PA24, Chicago, IL, August 18, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 1981, 21:00 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Midway
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.8500° N, 87.6501° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chicago, IL, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8500&lon=-87.6501&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5548P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5548P-1983-11-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24 (registry code 7102402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 421 total, 149 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810818083569I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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.

- [Accident 19830426016159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830426016159A), Apr 26, 1983: Piper PA24 (N5548P), Platteville, WI, Substantial damage. Pilot unable to stop aircraft during landing on wet runway. Aircraft went off end into a ravine.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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