# Incident 19960330008559I: Sptpuz RF4D, Riverside, CA, March 30, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 30, 1996, 11:30 local time
- Place: Riverside, CA
- Airport: Riverside Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9519° N, 117.4451° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RIVERSIDE (RAL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9519&lon=-117.4451&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7723, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7723) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Sportavia-Putzer FOURNIER R.F.4.D (registry code 8451012, https://openairdocs.org/model/sportavia-putzer-fournier-r-f-4-d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SPTPUZ RF4D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960330008559I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE GLIDER RATED PRIVATE PILOT AND OWNER OF THIS AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH HIS LANDING WHEEL RETRACTED. THIS AIRCRAFT IS EQUIPPED WITH A SINGLE WHEEL LOCATED IN THE FRONT CENTER OF THE AIRCRAFT. ON APPROACH TO LANDING, THE PILOT WAS WARNED BY THE TOWER CONTROLLER THAT IT APPEARED THAT THE GEAR WAS NOT DOWN. THE PILOT IS ACCUSTOMED TO HEARING THIS REPORT, SINCE THE LANDING WHEEL IS VERY SMALL AND THERE IS ONLY ONE. AS A RESULT, HE DID NOT HEED THE WARNING AND LANDED GEAR UP. DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE PROPELLER AND LEFT WING OUT RIGGER (A REMOVABLE LEG WITH A WHEEL TO KEEP THE WINGS LEVEL DURING SELF LAUNCHING OPERATIONS.) PILOT WAS COUNSELED REGARDING SITUATIONAL AWARENESS AND CHECKLIST PROCEDURES. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N7723 (2)

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

- [Incident 19900616055169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900616055169I), Jun 16, 1990: Sptpuz RF4D (N7723), Castaic, CA, Minor damage. Engine quit. Emergency landing on remote airfield. Departed end of runway and flipped over.
- [Accident 19770728031159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770728031159A), Jul 28, 1977: Sptpuz RF4D (N7723), Central City, NE, Substantial damage. Wood propeller blade failed in hub. Maloof var pitch propeller.

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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