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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA24 · Joliet, IL · July 17, 2008

Date
July 17, 2008 · 13:00 local
Place
Joliet, IL
Airport
Joliet Regional
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6803P
Reported as
Piper PA24
Reported engine
Lycoming O540*
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,300 total500 in this make and model2 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 making a normal approach to kjot. Selected the "gear down" position, but failed to verify that the gear was down. It was not. After landing gear-up he noticed that the gear down light was not illuminated. Paying much attention to aircraft who was using the crossing grass runway prior to his arrival.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS MAKING A NORMAL APPROACH TO KJOT. SELECTED THE "GEAR DOWN" POSITION, BUT FAILED TO VERIFY THAT THE GEAR WAS DOWN. IT WAS NOT. AFTER LANDING GEAR-UP HE NOTICED THAT THE GEAR DOWN LIGHT WAS NOT ILLUMINATED. PAYING MUCH ATTENTION TO AIRCRAFT WHO WAS USING THE CROSSING GRASS RUNWAY PRIOR TO HIS ARRIVAL.