20010301003299I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-30 · Pawtucket, RI · March 1, 2001

Date: March 1, 2001 · 07:05 local
Place: Pawtucket, RI
Airport: North Central State
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N156LM
Reported as: Piper PA30
Reported engine: Lycoming IO320*
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 681 total

N156LMRegistered now · Piper PA-30S/N 30-1017 · Built 1966 Airframe modelPiper PA-30 Engine modelLycoming IO-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) On March 1, 2001 at approx. 0705 EST, N156LM, piloted by privacy data omitted landed on runway 5 at North Central State Airport (sfz) with the landing gear retracted. privacy data omittedThen left the vicinity of the airport to attend a meeting in pvd. A closer inspection of the aircraft revealed the gear selector handle to be in the up position. When the aircraft was towed from the runway and put up on jacks, the gear came down when the gear switch was activated and the green down and locked light came on.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON MARCH 1, 2001 AT APPROX. 0705 EST, N156LM, PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LANDED ON RUNWAY 5 AT NORTH CENTRAL STATE AIRPORT (SFZ) WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED. ^PRIVACY DATA^THEN LEFT THE VICINITY OF THE AIRPORT TO ATTEND A MEETING IN PVD. A CLOSER INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED THE GEAR SELECTOR HANDLE TO BE IN THE UP POSITION. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED FROM THE RUNWAY AND PUT UP ON JACKS, THE GEAR CAME DOWN WHEN THE GEAR SWITCH WAS ACTIVATED AND THE GREEN DOWN AND LOCKED LIGHT CAME ON.