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ATL85LA206

1985-07-08 · PEACHTREE CITY, Georgia, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport 2A9

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, HE FORGOT TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR. HE STATED MOST OF HIS FLIGHT TIME HAD BEEN IN FIXED GEAR AIRCRAFT. ON THIS FLIGHT HE HAD BEEN TOLD BY HIS INSTRUCTOR TO WORK ON SMOOTHING HIS RADIO TECHNIQUE ON THE SECOND LANDING OF THE FLIGHT HE EXTENDED FLAPS BUT FORGOT TO EXTEND THE GEAR. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1985_ATL85LA206.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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