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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-34-200 · Fort Worth, TX · August 29, 2000

Date
August 29, 2000 · 09:30 local
Place
Fort Worth, TX
Airport
Fort Worth Spinks Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N100SB
Reported as
Piper PA34200
Pilot’s flight hours
6,000 total6 in this make and model6 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)Pilot stated that he mentally performed his "gumps" check, but he may have been distracted by another aircraft taxing for takeoff and forgot to extend his landing gear and landed gear up. He also stated that because he was wearing a headset, he could not hear the gear warning horn. There were no injuries and minor damage to the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)PILOT STATED THAT HE MENTALLY PERFORMED HIS "GUMPS" CHECK, BUT HE MAY HAVE BEEN DISTRACTED BY ANOTHER AIRCRAFT TAXING FOR TAKEOFF AND FORGOT TO EXTEND HIS LANDING GEAR AND LANDED GEAR UP. HE ALSO STATED THAT BECAUSE HE WAS WEARING A HEADSET, HE COULD NOT HEAR THE GEAR WARNING HORN. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.