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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-30 · Scottsbluff, NE · July 29, 1990

Date: July 29, 1990 · 11:30 local
Place: Scottsbluff, NE
Airport: William B Heilig Field
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N7294Y
Reported as: Piper PA30
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 900 total67 in this make and model35 in the last 90 days

N7294YRegistered now · Piper PA-30S/N 30-333 · Built 1964 Airframe modelPiper PA-30 Engine modelLycoming IO-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 thought he put the gear down but landed gear up. Gear warning horn did not operate.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT THOUGHT HE PUT THE GEAR DOWN BUT LANDED GEAR UP. GEAR WARNING HORN DID NOT OPERATE.