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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28R-200 · Okeechobee, FL · May 5, 2000

Date
May 5, 2000 · 13:45 local
Place
Okeechobee, FL
Airport
Okeechobee County Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N598P
Reported as
Piper PA28R200
Reported engine
Continental IO360A
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,500 total1,500 in this make and model10 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.

(-23)During the previous week the aircraft had repairs done because the left main landing gear 'down' light did not illuminate. This was the first flight since the maintenance. Pilot stated that he remembers selecting the gear down but does not specifically remember whether he checked that the gear down loghts were illuminated. He landed at Okeechobee airport with the gear up.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)DURING THE PREVIOUS WEEK THE AIRCRAFT HAD REPAIRS DONE BECAUSE THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR 'DOWN' LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE. THIS WAS THE FIRST FLIGHT SINCE THE MAINTENANCE. PILOT STATED THAT HE REMEMBERS SELECTING THE GEAR DOWN BUT DOES NOT SPECIFICALLY REMEMBER WHETHER HE CHECKED THAT THE GEAR DOWN LOGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED. HE LANDED AT OKEECHOBEE AIRPORT WITH THE GEAR UP.