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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-32R-300 · Philadelphia, PA · June 14, 2006

Date
June 14, 2006 · 20:54 local
Place
Philadelphia, PA
Airport
Northeast Philadelphia
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6961J
Reported as
Piper PA32R300
Reported engine
Lycoming TIO540*
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,500 total1,500 in this make and model20 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 was practicing instrument approaches at night in VFR conditions with a safety pilot and forgot to place landing gear down for landing. Pilot admitted he was in error and it was pilot induced.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT WAS PRACTICING INSTRUMENT APPROACHES AT NIGHT IN VFR CONDITIONS WITH A SAFETY PILOT AND FORGOT TO PLACE LANDING GEAR DOWN FOR LANDING. PILOT ADMITTED HE WAS IN ERROR AND IT WAS PILOT INDUCED.