20020629016689I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-32R-300 · Selawik, AK · June 29, 2002

Date
June 29, 2002 · 11:50 local
Place
Selawik, AK
Airport
Selawik Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
BTHA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N97CR
Reported as
Piper PA32R300
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
9,000 total6,000 in this make and model270 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) privacy data omitted pilot could not remember checking for three green lights prior to landing. After landing with the gear up the pilot said that the gear warning breaker was popped and that this was why he did not hear the gear up warning horn and didn't have three green lights showing that the gear was down and locked.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED PILOT COULD NOT REMEMBER CHECKING FOR THREE GREEN LIGHTS PRIOR TO LANDING. AFTER LANDING WITH THE GEAR UP THE PILOT SAID THAT THE GEAR WARNING BREAKER WAS POPPED AND THAT THIS WAS WHY HE DID NOT HEAR THE GEAR UP WARNING HORN AND DIDN'T HAVE THREE GREEN LIGHTS SHOWING THAT THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED.