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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA42720 · San Antonio, TX · January 25, 1989

Date
January 25, 1989 · 20:22 local
Place
San Antonio, TX
Airport
San Antonio International
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N9116Q
Reported as
Piper PA42720
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
9,700 total300 in this make and model120 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.

Right gear unsafe light, missed approach and then decided to land. Landing uneventful. Indicator lamps inoperative.

As the FAA filed it

RIGHT GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT, MISSED APPROACH AND THEN DECIDED TO LAND. LANDING UNEVENTFUL. INDICATOR LAMPS INOPERATIVE.