19831204070659I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Swrngn SA26AT · Mineral Wells, TX · December 4, 1983

Date
December 4, 1983 · 09:05 local
Place
Mineral Wells, TX
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Go Round (Aborted VFR)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N50MA
Reported as
Swrngn SA26AT
Reported engine
AiResearch TPE3311
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,394 total950 in this make and model110 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 aware of gear not down for landing when prop tips hit runway. Made a go around and normal landing.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT AWARE OF GEAR NOT DOWN FOR LANDING WHEN PROP TIPS HIT RUNWAY. MADE A GO AROUND AND NORMAL LANDING.