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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-31-350 · Sault Ste Marie, MI · August 31, 1992

Date
August 31, 1992 · 16:55 local
Place
Sault Ste Marie, MI
Airport
Chippewa County International
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
LBMA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N274FH
Reported as
Piper PA31350
People aboard
7
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,850 total106 in this make and model240 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.

Pilot landed with gear retracted. Pilot stated he thought he felt gear jar down. Gear checked normal.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT LANDED WITH GEAR RETRACTED. PILOT STATED HE THOUGHT HE FELT GEAR JAR DOWN. GEAR CHECKED NORMAL.