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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-24-250 · Phoenix, AZ · September 21, 1984

Date
September 21, 1984 · 20:30 local
Place
Phoenix, AZ
Airport
Deer Valley
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8159P
Reported as
Piper PA24250
Reported engine
Lycoming O540A1A5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
280 total100 in this make and model47 in the last 90 days

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.

Propeller contacted runway during landing. Pilot forgot gear and lowered it at the last minute.

As the FAA filed it

PROPELLER CONTACTED RUNWAY DURING LANDING. PILOT FORGOT GEAR AND LOWERED IT AT THE LAST MINUTE.