FAA incident report · Piper PA31 · Ithaca, NY · January 14, 1986
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.
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Told to contact tower after being cleared for approach. Forgot to switch to tower. Landed without clearance.
TOLD TO CONTACT TOWER AFTER BEING CLEARED FOR APPROACH. FORGOT TO SWITCH TO TOWER. LANDED WITHOUT CLEARANCE.