19880901057449I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA23160 · Beaver Island, MI · September 1, 1988

Date
September 1, 1988 · 10:40 local
Place
Beaver Island, MI
Airport
Private
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N34698
Reported as
Piper PA23160
Reported engine
Lycoming O320B3B
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0

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. Aircraft sustained minor damage to its belly. No injuries. M or d report indicates gear problem.

As the FAA filed it

LANDED GEAR UP. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO ITS BELLY. NO INJURIES. M OR D REPORT INDICATES GEAR PROBLEM.