# Incident 19900303020769I: Cessna 401A, Spokane, WA, March 3, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 3, 1990, 18:35 local time
- Place: Spokane, WA
- Airport: Spokane International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: VVRA
- Location: 47.6190° N, 117.5352° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SPOKANE INTL (GEG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.6190&lon=-117.5352&mi=10
- Aircraft: N117AC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N117AC-1997-02-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 401A (registry code 207590D, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-401a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 401A
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 75 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900303020769I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT STATED HE INADVERTENTLY FORGOT TO PLACE THE LANDING GEAR DOWN AND LANDED GEAR UP.

## Other reports on N117AC (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19960108000169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960108000169A), Jan 8, 1996: Cessna 401A (N117AC), Spokane, WA, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Vectored for ILS approach, on landing, hit a building on short final. (.4)the pilot (plt) received abbreviated weather (wx) briefing for emergency medical…
- [Incident 19870611040999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870611040999I), Jun 11, 1987: Cessna 401A (N117AC), Dalhart, TX, Minor damage. Aircraft struck an unmanned moving tractor mower during landing rollout at night.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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