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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA31350 · Decatur, IL · January 16, 1991

Date
January 16, 1991 · 22:15 local
Place
Decatur, IL
Airport
Decatur
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
BOEA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N88MC
Reported as
Piper PA31350
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,850 total106 in this make and model275 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.

Almost landed gear up. Propeller touched runway. Pilot added power. Extended gear and completed landing.

As the FAA filed it

ALMOST LANDED GEAR UP. PROPELLER TOUCHED RUNWAY. PILOT ADDED POWER. EXTENDED GEAR AND COMPLETED LANDING.