33.7484° N, 116.2748° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at BERMUDA DUNES (UDD), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
March 12, 1988 · 17:50 local
Place
Bermuda Dunes, CA
Airport
Bermuda Dunes
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5976V
Reported as
Piper PA34200T
Reported engine
Continental TSIO360E
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
12,000 total20 in this make and model60 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.
Landed gear up. Pilot had door open. Dropping ashes of a deceased person. Inadvertantly retracted gear.
As the FAA filed it
LANDED GEAR UP. PILOT HAD DOOR OPEN. DROPPING ASHES OF A DECEASED PERSON. INADVERTANTLY RETRACTED GEAR.