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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA24 · Valdosta, GA · May 10, 1990

Date
May 10, 1990 · 20:00 local
Place
Valdosta, GA
Airport
Valdosta Regional Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N6354P
Reported as
Piper PA24
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
650 total20 in this make and model15 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.

Due to high speed, pilot kept gear up. Forgot to lower gear prior to touch down.

As the FAA filed it

DUE TO HIGH SPEED, PILOT KEPT GEAR UP. FORGOT TO LOWER GEAR PRIOR TO TOUCH DOWN.