19831030068829I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-24-250 · Niles, MI · October 30, 1983

Date: October 30, 1983 · 16:30 local
Place: Niles, MI
Airport: Jerry Tyler Mem
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N110LF
Reported as: Piper PA24250
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 7,000 total400 in this make and model48 in the last 90 days

N110LFRegistered now · Piper PA-24-250S/N 24-695 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.

Landed gear up. Pilot blamed abbreviated approach to a landing.

As the FAA filed it

LANDED GEAR UP. PILOT BLAMED ABBREVIATED APPROACH TO A LANDING.