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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 401 · Melbourne, FL · October 7, 1988

Date: October 7, 1988 · 15:53 local
Place: Melbourne, FL
Airport: Melbourne Regional
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N445WK
Reported as: Cessna 401
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 13,000 total550 in this make and model60 in the last 90 days

N445WKRegistration cancelled Oct 9, 2014 · Cessna 401S/N 401-0223 · Built 1968 Airframe modelCessna 401 Engine modelContinental IO-520 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.

Tower changed instructions around on final. Forgot to lower gear and landed gear up. Tower warning too late.

As the FAA filed it

TOWER CHANGED INSTRUCTIONS AROUND ON FINAL. FORGOT TO LOWER GEAR AND LANDED GEAR UP. TOWER WARNING TOO LATE.