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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28R-201T · Frederick, MD · February 26, 1989

Date
February 26, 1989 · 14:45 local
Place
Frederick, MD
Airport
Frederick Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N81163
Reported as
Piper PA28R201T
Reported engine
Continental TSIO360FB
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
400 total65 in this make and model16 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.

Decided to land instead of making go around. Lowered gear too late and landed before gear was fully extended.

As the FAA filed it

DECIDED TO LAND INSTEAD OF MAKING GO AROUND. LOWERED GEAR TOO LATE AND LANDED BEFORE GEAR WAS FULLY EXTENDED.