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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-34-220T · Chesterfield, MO · April 22, 2008

Date
April 22, 2008 · 21:00 local
Place
Chesterfield, MO
Airport
Spirit Of St Louis
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8456H
Reported as
Piper PA34220T
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,550 total600 in this make and model120 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) privacy data omitted was acting as a flight instructor in the PA-34-220T for the purpose of night currently with privacy data omitted. privacy data omitted Failed to insure the landing gear was down and locked. As a result, the airplane landed gear up. To date, there is no evidence that there was a mechanical malfunction.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS ACTING AS A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR IN THE PA-34-220T FOR THE PURPOSE OF NIGHT CURRENTLY WITH ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FAILED TO INSURE THE LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED. AS A RESULT, THE AIRPLANE LANDED GEAR UP. TO DATE, THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT THERE WAS A MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION.

Other reports on N8456H · 2

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.