19811013066909A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper 601SMITH · Urbana, IL · October 13, 1981

Date
October 13, 1981 · 19:00 local
Place
Urbana, IL
Airport
Illini
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N7454S
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI82FA004
Reported as
Piper 601SMITH
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540P1A5
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,130 total163 in this make and model108 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot had lowered gear then retracted gear to locate airport then forgot to lower gear for landing.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT HAD LOWERED GEAR THEN RETRACTED GEAR TO LOCATE AIRPORT THEN FORGOT TO LOWER GEAR FOR LANDING.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

Other reports on N7454S · 1

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