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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper Aerostar 60 · Lititz, PA · July 19, 2010

Date
July 19, 2010 · 11:44 local
Place
Lititz, PA
Airport
Lancaster
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N300LW
Reported as
Piper Aerostar 60
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-540 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
5,800 total3,000 in this make and model30 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.

While established on approach to rwy 26, N300LW instructed by lns ATCT to manuever to avoid overtaking other aircraft cleared for landing. Pilot retracted landing gear. ATCT then cleared N300LW for landing rwy 26, pilot subsequently failed to extend landing gear prior to touchdown.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE ESTABLISHED ON APPROACH TO RWY 26, N300LW INSTRUCTED BY LNS ATCT TO MANUEVER TO AVOID OVERTAKING OTHER AIRCRAFT CLEARED FOR LANDING. PILOT RETRACTED LANDING GEAR. ATCT THEN CLEARED N300LW FOR LANDING RWY 26, PILOT SUBSEQUENTLY FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN.