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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA34200 · Topeka, KS · September 17, 1981

Date
September 17, 1981 · 11:30 local
Place
Topeka, KS
Airport
Phillip Billard
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6257J
Reported as
Piper PA34200
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,500 total100 in this make and model180 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.

Pilot attention distracted forgot to extend landing gear. Prop tips hit ground, went around, landed ok.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT ATTENTION DISTRACTED FORGOT TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR. PROP TIPS HIT GROUND, WENT AROUND, LANDED OK.

Other reports on N6257J · 2

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