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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-32R-301T · Charleston, SC · September 30, 2008

Date
September 30, 2008 · 11:45 local
Place
Charleston, SC
Airport
Charleston Executive
Phase of flight
Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1074P
Reported as
Piper PA32R301T
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
150 total70 in this make and model0 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.

Aircraft was on runway 22/04 with all three landing gears in the up position. Examined the aircraft condition and noted that the landing gear selector was in the down position. A retract test on the landing gearsystem was performed and it operated normally, no defects were noted.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT WAS ON RUNWAY 22/04 WITH ALL THREE LANDING GEARS IN THE UP POSITION. EXAMINED THE AIRCRAFT CONDITION AND NOTED THAT THE LANDING GEAR SELECTOR WAS IN THE DOWN POSITION. A RETRACT TEST ON THE LANDING GEARSYSTEM WAS PERFORMED AND IT OPERATED NORMALLY, NO DEFECTS WERE NOTED.