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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-24 · Kotzebue, AK · June 27, 1991

Date
June 27, 1991 · 00:56 local
Place
Kotzebue, AK
Airport
Ralph Wien Memorial
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7168P
Reported as
Piper PA24
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,700 total

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 became distracted by passenger and failed to lower landing gear. Landed gear up.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT BECAME DISTRACTED BY PASSENGER AND FAILED TO LOWER LANDING GEAR. LANDED GEAR UP.