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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-24-260 · Wilmington, DE · March 14, 1992

Date
March 14, 1992 · 14:58 local
Place
Wilmington, DE
Airport
Greater Wilmington-New Castle
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9216P
Reported as
Piper PA24260
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
810 total800 in this make and model

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.

Unable to fully retract gear after takeoff. Returned. Landed gear up. Right gear drag link center bolt sheared.

As the FAA filed it

UNABLE TO FULLY RETRACT GEAR AFTER TAKEOFF. RETURNED. LANDED GEAR UP. RIGHT GEAR DRAG LINK CENTER BOLT SHEARED.