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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28R-201T · Scottsdale, AZ · April 5, 1998

Date
April 5, 1998 · 12:55 local
Place
Scottsdale, AZ
Airport
Scottsdale Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N44859
Reported as
Piper PA28R201T
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
252 total84 in this make and model1 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 lowered gear, then on landing checklist he raised gear in error. He will be taking instrument rating training to better formalize his procedural processes.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT LOWERED GEAR, THEN ON LANDING CHECKLIST HE RAISED GEAR IN ERROR. HE WILL BE TAKING INSTRUMENT RATING TRAINING TO BETTER FORMALIZE HIS PROCEDURAL PROCESSES.