What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) Incident occurred on 11/03/2002, pilot performed a gear up landing and declared emergency in Athens Georgia. Investigation results are as follows: airman landed with gear up on runway 27 in Athens/ben Epps (ahn). Aircraft was moved to hanger, jacked to verify mechanical reliability. Note worthy item: landing gear circuit breaker was popped. Damage to props, under belly including both inboard gear doors, and flap trailing edges. Two seats were removed to facilitate investigation. Both inboard gear doors actuating rods were damaged. Nose gear door was jammed shut, once freed gear was manually extended and retracted. Power was applied and gear horn sounded immediately. Landing light was on. With power, functionally checked of all three gears with positive locking in down position. Gear warning lights operated with in-transit and green down and locked light.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) INCIDENT OCCURRED ON 11/03/2002, PILOT PERFORMED A GEAR UP LANDING AND DECLARED EMERGENCY IN ATHENS GEORGIA. INVESTIGATION RESULTS ARE AS FOLLOWS: AIRMAN LANDED WITH GEAR UP ON RUNWAY 27 IN ATHENS/BEN EPPS (AHN). AIRCRAFT WAS MOVED TO HANGER, JACKED TO VERIFY MECHANICAL RELIABILITY. NOTE WORTHY ITEM: LANDING GEAR CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS POPPED. DAMAGE TO PROPS, UNDER BELLY INCLUDING BOTH INBOARD GEAR DOORS, AND FLAP TRAILING EDGES. TWO SEATS WERE REMOVED TO FACILITATE INVESTIGATION. BOTH INBOARD GEAR DOORS ACTUATING RODS WERE DAMAGED. NOSE GEAR DOOR WAS JAMMED SHUT, ONCE FREED GEAR WAS MANUALLY EXTENDED AND RETRACTED. POWER WAS APPLIED AND GEAR HORN SOUNDED IMMEDIATELY. LANDING LIGHT WAS ON. WITH POWER, FUNCTIONALLY CHECKED OF ALL THREE GEARS WITH POSITIVE LOCKING IN DOWN POSITION. GEAR WARNING LIGHTS OPERATED WITH IN-TRANSIT AND GREEN DOWN AND LOCKED LIGHT.
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