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Incident

FAA incident report · Beech A36 · Palm Springs, CA · March 6, 1996

Date
March 6, 1996 · 17:26 local
Place
Palm Springs, CA
Airport
Palm Springs Regional Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N6648T
Reported as
Beech A36
Reported engine
Continental TSIO520A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
400 total100 in this make and model5 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.

Narrative: the aircraft involved in this incident had recently undergone extensive modification. The pilot apologized that since he had flown very little in the past several months that he was not extremely proficient. The modification was not the reason for the gear up landing. The pilot stated that he simply forgot to lower the landing gear. The pilot stated that he does not momentarily close the throttle to check for a gear horn, after extending his gear. privacy data omitted This incident is closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THE AIRCRAFT INVOLVED IN THIS INCIDENT HAD RECENTLY UNDERGONE EXTENSIVE MODIFICATION. THE PILOT APOLOGIZED THAT SINCE HE HAD FLOWN VERY LITTLE IN THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS THAT HE WAS NOT EXTREMELY PROFICIENT. THE MODIFICATION WAS NOT THE REASON FOR THE GEAR UP LANDING. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE SIMPLY FORGOT TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE DOES NOT MOMENTARILY CLOSE THE THROTTLE TO CHECK FOR A GEAR HORN, AFTER EXTENDING HIS GEAR. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

Other reports on N6648T · 3

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