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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA32R301T · San Luis Obispo, CA · August 3, 1988

Date
August 3, 1988 · 10:23 local
Place
San Luis Obispo, CA
Airport
San Luis Obispo County
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4316N
Reported as
Piper PA32R301T
Reported engine
Lycoming TIO540S1AD
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
960 total750 in this make and model49 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.

Stated unable to lower gear after electrical failure. Landed gear up. Found no electrical or mechanical failure.

As the FAA filed it

STATED UNABLE TO LOWER GEAR AFTER ELECTRICAL FAILURE.LANDED GEAR UP. FOUND NO ELECTRICAL OR MECHANICAL FAILURE.