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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28R-200 · Ames, IA · March 9, 1984

Date: March 9, 1984 · 09:30 local
Place: Ames, IA
Airport: Municipal
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N2980R
Reported as: Piper PA28R200
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 7,800 total350 in this make and model85 in the last 90 days

N2980RRegistered now · Piper PA-28R-200S/N 28R-35368 · Built 1969 Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-200 Engine modelLycoming I0360 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.

Door latch came loose after takeoff. Returned. Forgot to lower landing gear. Landed gear up.

As the FAA filed it

DOOR LATCH CAME LOOSE AFTER TAKEOFF. RETURNED. FORGOT TO LOWER LANDING GEAR. LANDED GEAR UP.