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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28R-201 · Dekalb, IL · July 9, 2003

Date
July 9, 2003 · 17:00 local
Place
Dekalb, IL
Airport
Dekalb Taylor Municipal
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2672Q
Reported as
Piper PA28R201
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
161 total16 in this make and model17 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 stated that he simply forgot to lower the landing gear prior to landing. The automatic landing gear extension feature was disengaged and the warning light was burned out. The pilot was wearing a noise-reducing headset and does not recall hearing the horn. There is not a checklist item for the automatic landing gear extension feature to be engaged.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT HE SIMPLY FORGOT TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR PRIOR TO LANDING. THE AUTOMATIC LANDING GEAR EXTENSION FEATURE WAS DISENGAGED AND THE WARNING LIGHT WAS BURNED OUT. THE PILOT WAS WEARING A NOISE-REDUCING HEADSET AND DOES NOT RECALL HEARING THE HORN. THERE IS NOT A CHECKLIST ITEM FOR THE AUTOMATIC LANDING GEAR EXTENSION FEATURE TO BE ENGAGED.