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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtrth THORPT18 · Gary, IN · June 7, 1983

Date: June 7, 1983 · 17:40 local
Place: Gary, IN
Airport: Municipal
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N45Z
Reported as: Amtrth THORPT18
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 4,500 total50 in this make and model60 in the last 90 days

N45ZRegistration cancelled Dec 15, 2018 · Thorp Sport T-18S/N 244 · Built 1974 Airframe modelThorp Sport T-18 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.

Unable to lower landing gear. Landed gear up. No electric power to gear motor. Reason unknown. Gear system normal.

As the FAA filed it

UNABLE TO LOWER LANDING GEAR. LANDED GEAR UP. NO ELECTRIC POWER TO GEAR MOTOR. REASON UNKNOWN. GEAR SYSTEM NORMAL.