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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-32R-301T · La Veta, CO · June 21, 2003

Date
June 21, 2003 · 18:50 local
Place
La Veta, CO
Airport
Cuchara Valley At Le Veta Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4361K
Reported as
Piper PA32R301T
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
320 total180 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) Pilot reported that he failed to complete the landing checklist and landed with the gear up. Pilot reported that he made a straight-in approach to the airport. Pilot reported that he heard the gear-up warning horn but did not recognize the difference between the stall warning pitch and gear warning pitch.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT REPORTED THAT HE FAILED TO COMPLETE THE LANDING CHECKLIST AND LANDED WITH THE GEAR UP. PILOT REPORTED THAT HE MADE A STRAIGHT-IN APPROACH TO THE AIRPORT. PILOT REPORTED THAT HE HEARD THE GEAR-UP WARNING HORN BUT DID NOT RECOGNIZE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE STALL WARNING PITCH AND GEAR WARNING PITCH.