# Incident 19890715022459I: Piper PA31350, Traverse City, MI, July 15, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 15, 1989, 12:40 local time
- Place: Traverse City, MI
- Airport: Sugar Loaf Village Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.7543° N, 85.6030° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Traverse City, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.7543&lon=-85.6030&mi=10
- Aircraft: N47JF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N47JF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31T (registry code 7103124, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890715022459I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

FORGOT TO LOWER GEAR. LANDED WITH GEAR UP. PILOT STATED HE WAS DISTRACTED BY TRAFFIC.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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