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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-24-250 · Topeka, KS · September 26, 1983

Date: September 26, 1983 · 19:20 local
Place: Topeka, KS
Airport: Phillip Billard M
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6405P
Reported as: Piper PA24250
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 108 total15 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

N6405PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-250S/N 24-1515 · Built 1959 Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250 Engine modelLycoming 0-540 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Landed gear up. No mechanical problems. Possible factor gear lights are dimmed when navigation lights are on.

As the FAA filed it

LANDED GEAR UP. NO MECHANICAL PROBLEMS. POSSIBLE FACTOR GEAR LIGHTS ARE DIMMED WHEN NAVIGATION LIGHTS ARE ON.