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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-44-180 · Tooele, UT · June 21, 2011

Date
June 21, 2011 · 08:20 local
Place
Tooele, UT
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N283CA
Reported as
Piper PA-44-180
Reported engine
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
541 total108 in this make and model108 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.

The damage to the aircraft was limited to the propellers on both engines and limited damage to the flaps and step up to the wing of the aircraft. The pilot forgot to put the gear down. While in the flare the pilot realized the mistake and conducted a go-around. The pilot landed the aircraft with the gear down.

As the FAA filed it

THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIMITED TO THE PROPELLERS ON BOTH ENGINES AND LIMITED DAMAGE TO THE FLAPS AND STEP UP TO THE WING OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT FORGOT TO PUT THE GEAR DOWN. WHILE IN THE FLARE THE PILOT REALIZED THE MISTAKE AND CONDUCTED A GO-AROUND. THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT WITH THE GEAR DOWN.