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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA60601P · Wray, CO · June 3, 1987

Date: June 3, 1987 · 11:55 local
Place: Wray, CO
Airport: Municipal.
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N8038J
Reported as: Piper PA60601P
People aboard: 5
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 5,800 total3,000 in this make and model90 in the last 90 days

N8038JRegistered now · Piper AEROSTAR 601PS/N 61P-0519-217 · Built 1978 Airframe modelPiper AEROSTAR 601P Engine modelLycoming IO-540 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.

Pilot forgot to lower the gear until propellers struck the runway. The gear was then extended but too late to hold

As the FAA filed it

PILOT FORGOT TO LOWER THE GEAR UNTIL PROPELLERS STRUCK THE RUNWAY. THE GEAR WAS THEN EXTENDED BUT TOO LATE TO HOLD