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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28R-200 · Lakeville, MN · October 10, 2015

Date
October 10, 2015 · 19:05 local
Place
Lakeville, MN
Airport
Airlake
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9659K
Reported as
Piper PA-28R-200
Reported engine
Lycoming I0360 series
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
300 total15 in this make and model22 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.

When setting up for landing at lvn, pilot stated that he was having radio issues and was unable to extend the landing gear while on downwind. Pilot stated he extended the downwind and attempted to extend the gear using the emergency extension procedures. He was unable to get the gear to extend and was running low on fuel so he completed a gear up landing

As the FAA filed it

WHEN SETTING UP FOR LANDING AT LVN, PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS HAVING RADIO ISSUES AND WAS UNABLE TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR WHILE ON DOWNWIND. PILOT STATED HE EXTENDED THE DOWNWIND AND ATTEMPTED TO EXTEND THE GEAR USING THE EMERGENCY EXTENSION PROCEDURES. HE WAS UNABLE TO GET THE GEAR TO EXTEND AND WAS RUNNING LOW ON FUEL SO HE COMPLETED A GEAR UP LANDING