19931229051379I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA30 · New Orleans, LA · December 29, 1993

Date
December 29, 1993 · 19:41 local
Place
New Orleans, LA
Airport
New Orleans International-Moisant Fld
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N71954
Reported as
Piper PA30
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
11,621 total1,600 in this make and model163 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 stated he was distracted by radio conversation. Forgot to lower gear. Landed gear up.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STATED HE WAS DISTRACTED BY RADIO CONVERSATION. FORGOT TO LOWER GEAR. LANDED GEAR UP.