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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-23-160 · Marquette, MI · September 28, 1989

Date: September 28, 1989 · 17:27 local
Place: Marquette, MI
Airport: Marquette County
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N77SD
Reported as: Piper PA23160
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 396 total90 in this make and model90 in the last 90 days

N77SDRegistration cancelled Jun 5, 2006 · Piper PA-23-160S/N 23-1589 · Built 1959 Airframe modelPiper PA-23-160 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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.

Pilot lowered flaps instead of landing gear. Landed with gear up.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT LOWERED FLAPS INSTEAD OF LANDING GEAR. LANDED WITH GEAR UP.