20020929036659I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA28R201T · Mount Vernon, OH · September 29, 2002

Date
September 29, 2002 · 15:15 local
Place
Mount Vernon, OH
Airport
Knox County Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N920DM
Reported as
Piper PA28R201T
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
11,000 total100 in this make and model110 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) Pilot failed to put landing gear extension handle in down position. Aircraft is equipped with auto gear extension with a disabling switch, the switch was in the disable position at the time of the incident and pilot failed to extend the landing gear manually. There were no injuries and only minor damage to aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT FAILED TO PUT LANDING GEAR EXTENSION HANDLE IN DOWN POSITION. AIRCRAFT IS EQUIPPED WITH AUTO GEAR EXTENSION WITH A DISABLING SWITCH, THE SWITCH WAS IN THE DISABLE POSITION AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT AND PILOT FAILED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR MANUALLY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND ONLY MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT.