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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Namer SNJ-5 · Andover, NJ · July 18, 1988

Date: July 18, 1988 · 12:45 local
Place: Andover, NJ
Airport: Trinca
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N446CM
Reported as: Namer SNJ5
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 14,418 total900 in this make and model41 in the last 90 days

N446CMRegistered now · North American SNJ-5S/N 51908 · Built 1958 Airframe modelNorth American SNJ-5 Engine modelPratt & Whitney R1340 seriesReciprocating

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 thought he had lowered gear. Did not check visual gear indicators. Landed gear up.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT THOUGHT HE HAD LOWERED GEAR. DID NOT CHECK VISUAL GEAR INDICATORS. LANDED GEAR UP.