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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28R-200 · Jonesboro, LA · June 22, 2013

Date
June 22, 2013 · 15:34 local
Place
Jonesboro, LA
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N16362
Reported as
Piper PA-28R-200
Reported engine
Lycoming I0360 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
329 total13 in this make and model3 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.

Pilot was distracted from normal checklist and forgot to extend landing gear. After gear was extended, it was found that there was minimal damage to underside of fuselage.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS DISTRACTED FROM NORMAL CHECKLIST AND FORGOT TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR. AFTER GEAR WAS EXTENDED, IT WAS FOUND THAT THERE WAS MINIMAL DAMAGE TO UNDERSIDE OF FUSELAGE.