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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-24-260 · North Platte, NE · March 31, 1994

Date: March 31, 1994 · 12:45 local
Place: North Platte, NE
Airport: Lee Bird Field
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N8614P
Reported as: Piper PA24260
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,800 total2,000 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

N8614PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-260S/N 24-4065 · Built 1964 Airframe modelPiper PA-24-260 Engine modelLycoming 0-540 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 forgot to lower landing gear. Landed gear up. Landing gear warning system failed to operate.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT FORGOT TO LOWER LANDING GEAR. LANDED GEAR UP. LANDING GEAR WARNING SYSTEM FAILED TO OPERATE.