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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-23 · Charleston, WV · June 9, 2012

Date
June 9, 2012 · 12:17 local
Place
Charleston, WV
Airport
Yeager
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3145P
Reported as
Piper PA-23
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-340 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
10,970 total85 in this make and model214 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.

During final approach to Charleston Yeager Airport pilot did not extend landing gear. The aircraft landed with the landing gear retracted. Damage sustained to both propellers, landing gear, and underside of aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

DURING FINAL APPROACH TO CHARLESTON YEAGER AIRPORT PILOT DID NOT EXTEND LANDING GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED. DAMAGE SUSTAINED TO BOTH PROPELLERS, LANDING GEAR, AND UNDERSIDE OF AIRCRAFT.