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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28R-200 · Dublin, VA · June 2, 1989

Date
June 2, 1989 · 15:30 local
Place
Dublin, VA
Airport
New River Valley Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N32104
Reported as
Piper PA28R200
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360C1C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
297 total150 in this make and model98 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.

Hasty landing to beat incoming thunderstorm. Forgot to lower gear and landed with wheels up.

As the FAA filed it

HASTY LANDING TO BEAT INCOMING THUNDERSTORM. FORGOT TO LOWER GEAR AND LANDED WITH WHEELS UP.