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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-24-250 · Grand Junction, CO · July 27, 1983

Date: July 27, 1983 · 19:28 local
Place: Grand Junction, CO
Airport: Grand Junction
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N5426P
Reported as: Piper PA24250
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,250 total1,000 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

N5426PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-250S/N 24-480 · 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.

Pilot realized gear was up for landing when prop tips hit runway. Went around and landed.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT REALIZED GEAR WAS UP FOR LANDING WHEN PROP TIPS HIT RUNWAY. WENT AROUND AND LANDED.