32.4531° N, 80.7186° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Beaufort, SC, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
October 6, 2004 · 16:15 local
Place
Beaufort, SC
Airport
Beaufort County Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5976V
Reported as
Piper PA34200T
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,275 total520 in this make and model25 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) Aircraft landed gear up. During crash recovery the landing gear was extended normally with no abnormalities noted. All landing gear warning systems operated normally. No further malfunction or defects were noted.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP. DURING CRASH RECOVERY THE LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED NORMALLY WITH NO ABNORMALITIES NOTED. ALL LANDING GEAR WARNING SYSTEMS OPERATED NORMALLY. NO FURTHER MALFUNCTION OR DEFECTS WERE NOTED.