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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-31-310 · East Hampton, NY · August 25, 1989

Date
August 25, 1989 · 12:41 local
Place
East Hampton, NY
Airport
East Hampton Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
HQIA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3556X
Reported as
Piper PA31310
People aboard
7
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
33,000 total2,500 in this make and model85 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.

Forgot to lower gear and landed with gear up. Was distracted by traffic. Horn sounded too late. Mistook for stall.

As the FAA filed it

FORGOT TO LOWER GEAR AND LANDED WITH GEAR UP. WAS DISTRACTED BY TRAFFIC. HORN SOUNDED TOO LATE. MISTOOK FOR STALL.