19890105004249I

Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-23-250 · Buffalo, NY · January 5, 1989

Date
January 5, 1989 · 20:00 local
Place
Buffalo, NY
Airport
Greater Buffalo International
Phase of flight
Final Approach-IFR
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
IENA
Aircraft
N5818Y
Reported as
Piper PA23250
Reported engine
Lycoming TIO540*
People aboard
1
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.

Unsafe left gear light. Corrected on final. Landed without incident. Suspect icing.

As the FAA filed it

UNSAFE LEFT GEAR LIGHT. CORRECTED ON FINAL. LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. SUSPECT ICING.