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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-32R-300 · Columbia, SC · February 8, 1991

Date
February 8, 1991 · 17:00 local
Place
Columbia, SC
Airport
Columbia Metropolitan
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N38476
Reported as
Piper PA32R300
People aboard
6
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
10,000 total300 in this make and model300 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.

Unsafe gear indication after takeoff. Returned after a fly-by. Adjusted microswitch on nose gear.

As the FAA filed it

UNSAFE GEAR INDICATION AFTER TAKEOFF. RETURNED AFTER A FLY-BY. ADJUSTED MICROSWITCH ON NOSE GEAR.