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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-24-250 · Schaeffertown, PA · July 6, 1982

Date: July 6, 1982 · 07:30 local
Place: Schaeffertown, PA
Airport: Keller Brothers
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N5374P
Reported as: Piper PA24250
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 5,000 total3,000 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

N5374PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-250S/N 24-424 · Built 1958 Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250 Engine modelLycoming 0-540 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.

Gear collapsed on landing roll. Failed to check gear locked down. Sunlight obscured indication.

As the FAA filed it

GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING ROLL. FAILED TO CHECK GEAR LOCKED DOWN. SUNLIGHT OBSCURED INDICATION.