20020405017819I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-31-325 · Culpeper, VA · April 5, 2002

Date
April 5, 2002 · 11:00 local
Place
Culpeper, VA
Airport
Culpeper Regional Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N117SB
Reported as
Piper PA31325
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,100 total3,700 in this make and model50 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) Armstrong, owner of aircraft, was practicing landings (not multiengine rated) lyons, PIC, supervising. On fourth landing, they landed gear up. Airworthiness inspector looked at gear and found nothing wrong. privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ARMSTRONG, OWNER OF AIRCRAFT, WAS PRACTICING LANDINGS (NOT MULTIENGINE RATED) LYONS, PIC, SUPERVISING. ON FOURTH LANDING, THEY LANDED GEAR UP. AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTOR LOOKED AT GEAR AND FOUND NOTHING WRONG. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^