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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA28RT201 · Indianapolis, IN · January 17, 1989

Date
January 17, 1989 · 12:30 local
Place
Indianapolis, IN
Airport
Indianapolis International
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N9816C
Reported as
Piper PA28RT201
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360C1C6
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,000 total200 in this make and model150 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.

Had an unsafe gear light. Emergency procedures used. Landed safely. Found a broken wire in down lock switch.

As the FAA filed it

HAD AN UNSAFE GEAR LIGHT. EMERGENCY PROCEDURES USED. LANDED SAFELY. FOUND A BROKEN WIRE IN DOWN LOCK SWITCH.

Other reports on N9816C · 3

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.