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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-23 · Midland, TX · April 13, 1982

Date: April 13, 1982 · 20:30 local
Place: Midland, TX
Airport: Regional
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N2139P
Reported as: Piper PA23
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 4,110 total165 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

N2139PRegistration cancelled Jul 18, 2013 · Piper PA-23S/N 23-730 · Built 1956 Airframe modelPiper PA-23 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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.

Became confused by unusual manipulation of runway lights by tower personnel. Landed gear up.

As the FAA filed it

BECAME CONFUSED BY UNUSUAL MANIPULATION OF RUNWAY LIGHTS BY TOWER PERSONNEL. LANDED GEAR UP.