33.6598° N, 85.8316° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Anniston, AL, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
August 31, 2001 · 15:19 local
Place
Anniston, AL
Airport
Anniston Metropolitan Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N53BD
Reported as
Piper PA34200T
Pilot’s flight hours
450 total12 in this make and model30 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) Aircraft incident: unintentional gear up landing. Pilot did not use the check list or memory "gumps check" for the before landing check. Pilot heard the warning horn for landing gear up or unsafe, and did not comprehend its meaning until the propellers, and flaps began to make contact with the runway surface.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) AIRCRAFT INCIDENT: UNINTENTIONAL GEAR UP LANDING. PILOT DID NOT USE THE CHECK LIST OR MEMORY "GUMPS CHECK" FOR THE BEFORE LANDING CHECK. PILOT HEARD THE WARNING HORN FOR LANDING GEAR UP OR UNSAFE, AND DID NOT COMPREHEND ITS MEANING UNTIL THE PROPELLERS, AND FLAPS BEGAN TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY SURFACE.