38.8892° N, 77.4421° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Chantilly, VA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
December 15, 1981 · 06:10 local
Place
Chantilly, VA
Airport
Dulles International
Phase of flight
Final Approach-IFR
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N8229J
Reported as
Piper PA60600
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
11,000 total15 in this make and model30 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.
Nose gear light not on. Tower confirmed gear down. Landed ok. Found defective nose gear switch.
As the FAA filed it
NOSE GEAR LIGHT NOT ON. TOWER CONFIRMED GEAR DOWN. LANDED OK. FOUND DEFECTIVE NOSE GEAR SWITCH.