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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-32R-301T · Odessa, TX · August 15, 2013

Date
August 15, 2013 · 12:00 local
Place
Odessa, TX
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N69MK
Reported as
Piper PA-32R-301T
Reported engine
Lycoming TI0-540 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
6,757 total500 in this make and model200 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.

On 8/15/2013 at 12:00 CDT the pilot was doing close traffic patterns at the Odessa-schlemyer field (odo) to flight test the aircraft after maintenance. The pilot was flying solo and failed to lower the gear. At the time of the incident he was not using ATC. There were no injuries and minimal damage to the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

ON 8/15/2013 AT 12:00 CDT THE PILOT WAS DOING CLOSE TRAFFIC PATTERNS AT THE ODESSA-SCHLEMYER FIELD (ODO) TO FLIGHT TEST THE AIRCRAFT AFTER MAINTENANCE. THE PILOT WAS FLYING SOLO AND FAILED TO LOWER THE GEAR. AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT HE WAS NOT USING ATC. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND MINIMAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.