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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA31350 · Richmond, VA · November 18, 1986

Date
November 18, 1986 · 18:00 local
Place
Richmond, VA
Airport
Richard International - Byrd Field
Phase of flight
Final Approach-IFR
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N888PS
Reported as
Piper PA31350
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,600 total1,000 in this make and model75 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.

Landing gear indicated unsafe during approach. Pilot accomplished manual extension and landed uneventfully.

As the FAA filed it

LANDING GEAR INDICATED UNSAFE DURING APPROACH. PILOT ACCOMPLISHED MANUAL EXTENSION AND LANDED UNEVENTFULLY.