What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Preoccupied pilot forgot to lower the gear for landing.
As the FAA filed it
PREOCCUPIED PILOT FORGOT TO LOWER THE GEAR FOR LANDING.
FAA incident report · Piper PA-32RT-300 · Norfolk, NE · October 17, 1987
- Date
- October 17, 1987 · 09:00 local
- Place
- Norfolk, NE
- Airport
- Karl Stefan Memorial
- Phase of flight
- Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules
- General operating rules (Part 91)
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Aircraft
- N30073
- Reported as
- Piper PA32RT300
- People aboard
- 1
- Fatal injuries
- 0
- Pilot’s flight hours
- 190 total100 in this make and model20 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.