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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28R-180 · Gainesville, FL · November 25, 1981

Date
November 25, 1981 · 12:15 local
Place
Gainesville, FL
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3739T
Reported as
Piper PA28R180
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
794 total157 in this make and model20 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.

Confused and unable to get prompt landing clearance. Failed to lower gear. Automatic gear in transit on landing.

As the FAA filed it

CONFUSED AND UNABLE TO GET PROMPT LANDING CLEARANCE. FAILED TO LOWER GEAR. AUTOMATIC GEAR IN TRANSIT ON LANDING.