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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-34-200T · Winston Salem, NC · July 20, 1992

Date: July 20, 1992 · 12:53 local
Place: Winston Salem, NC
Airport: Smith Reynolds
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N717RT
Reported as: Piper PA34200T
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 150 total30 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

N717RTRegistered now · Piper PA-34-200TS/N 34-7670221 Airframe modelPiper PA-34-200T Engine modelContinental TSIO-360 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 inadvertently hit landing gear switch in up position. Unable to make go-around. Landed gear up.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT INADVERTENTLY HIT LANDING GEAR SWITCH IN UP POSITION. UNABLE TO MAKE GO-AROUND. LANDED GEAR UP.