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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA28RT201T · Wichita Falls, TX · August 29, 1981

Date
August 29, 1981 · 12:30 local
Place
Wichita Falls, TX
Airport
Wichita Valley
Phase of flight
Simulated Forced Landing/Tkof
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8173C
Reported as
Piper PA28RT201T
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
293 total46 in this make and model54 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.

Simulated power off landing. Pilot forgot to extend landing gear. Checked, gear operation ok.

As the FAA filed it

SIMULATED POWER OFF LANDING. PILOT FORGOT TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR. CHECKED, GEAR OPERATION OK.