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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28RT-201 · Solberg, NJ · July 9, 2017

Date
July 9, 2017 · 10:00 local
Place
Solberg, NJ
Airport
Solberg-Hunterdon
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8098R
Reported as
Piper PA-28RT-201
Reported engine
Lycoming I0360 SER A&C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
524 total80 in this make and model10 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 landing on runway 22 at N51 and became distracted by other traffic in the area. He neglected to put the gear down and subsequently landed gear up.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 22 AT N51 AND BECAME DISTRACTED BY OTHER TRAFFIC IN THE AREA. HE NEGLECTED TO PUT THE GEAR DOWN AND SUBSEQUENTLY LANDED GEAR UP.