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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA24180 · Lychburg, VA · December 4, 1997

Date: December 4, 1997 · 17:50 local
Place: Lychburg, VA
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N7191P
Reported as: Piper PA24180
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,355 total350 in this make and model27 in the last 90 days

N7191PRegistered now · Piper PA-24S/N 24-2361 · Built 1961 Airframe modelPiper PA-24 Engine modelLycoming O&VO-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.

Failed check gear down. Landed gear up. Circuit breaker had popped. Gear horn inop.

As the FAA filed it

FAILED CHECK GEAR DOWN. LANDED GEAR UP. CIRCUIT BREAKER HAD POPPED. GEAR HORN INOP.