20001002037939I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-24-250 · Salisbury, MD · October 2, 2000

Date
October 2, 2000 · 13:30 local
Place
Salisbury, MD
Airport
Bennett Airport
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5576P
Reported as
Piper PA24250
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,300 total75 in this make and model20 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) Operator lost radio communications and elected to land at 1N5. He stated he placed the gear handle in the down position and thought he saw a green down light and landed with the gear up.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) OPERATOR LOST RADIO COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTED TO LAND AT 1N5. HE STATED HE PLACED THE GEAR HANDLE IN THE DOWN POSITION AND THOUGHT HE SAW A GREEN DOWN LIGHT AND LANDED WITH THE GEAR UP.