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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-44-180 · Grafton, ND · September 21, 2013

Date
September 21, 2013 · 11:10 local
Place
Grafton, ND
Airport
Hutson Fld
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
OG5S
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N581ND
Reported as
Piper PA-44-180
Reported engine
Lycoming O-360-A1H6
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,240 total171 in this make and model122 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 pilot stated that she was distracted

By the airplane being high and fast on final approach to the runway. And focused on this situation and tuned out the gear horn. So a gear up landing resulted.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT STATED THAT SHE WAS DISTRACTED

BY THE AIRPLANE BEING HIGH AND FAST ON FINAL APPROACH TO THE RUNWAY. AND FOCUSED ON THIS SITUATION AND TUNED OUT THE GEAR HORN. SO A GEAR UP LANDING RESULTED.

Other reports on N581ND · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.