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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-34-200 · Key West, FL · July 11, 2014

Date
July 11, 2014 · 21:30 local
Place
Key West, FL
Airport
Key West International
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
IHMS
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N737PE
Reported as
Piper PA-34-200
Reported engine
Lycoming I0360 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
230 total200 in this make and model30 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.

Landing gear collapsed during landing. Pilot stated he did not have 3 greens but did a fly by around near the tower to get confirmation that the landing gear was down. Tower confirmed landing gear appeared to be down.

As the FAA filed it

LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED DURING LANDING. PILOT STATED HE DID NOT HAVE 3 GREENS BUT DID A FLY BY AROUND NEAR THE TOWER TO GET CONFIRMATION THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN. TOWER CONFIRMED LANDING GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN.