20030506009279I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-24-180 · Aurora, OR · May 6, 2003

Date
May 6, 2003 · 13:15 local
Place
Aurora, OR
Airport
Aurora State Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7680P
Reported as
Piper PA24180
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
9,500 total

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) The pilot landed airplane with landing gear retracted. Witnesses stated that the landing gear was retracted on short final. Multiple witnesses attempted to contact the airplane by radio to inform the pilot of the landing gear position. No radio contact was made prior to landing.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT LANDED AIRPLANE WITH LANDING GEAR RETRACTED. WITNESSES STATED THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS RETRACTED ON SHORT FINAL. MULTIPLE WITNESSES ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT THE AIRPLANE BY RADIO TO INFORM THE PILOT OF THE LANDING GEAR POSITION. NO RADIO CONTACT WAS MADE PRIOR TO LANDING.