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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28R-200 · Lake Jackson, TX · May 14, 1985

Date
May 14, 1985 · 18:30 local
Place
Lake Jackson, TX
Airport
Brazoria Co
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N55189
Reported as
Piper PA28R200
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360C1C
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,100 total15 in this make and model15 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.

Pilot had intermittent electrical problems en route. Landed gear up. No malfunctions in gear system. Bad battery.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT HAD INTERMITTENT ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS EN ROUTE. LANDED GEAR UP. NO MALFUNCTIONS IN GEAR SYSTEM. BAD BATTERY.