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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Gulstm 112TCA · Charleston, SC · April 10, 1996

Date
April 10, 1996 · 11:08 local
Place
Charleston, SC
Airport
Charleston Afb-International
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4642W
Reported as
Gulstm 112TCA
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,200 total22 in this make and model30 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: *pilot reportedly failed to place landing gear switch to the down position prior to landing. *aircraft landed with all gear retracted. *aircraft sustained damage to belly skin, lower antennas, left and right steps, and engine exhaust stacks. The engine propeller blades were curled aft.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: *PILOT REPORTEDLY FAILED TO PLACE LANDING GEAR SWITCH TO THE DOWN POSITION PRIOR TO LANDING. *AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH ALL GEAR RETRACTED. *AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO BELLY SKIN, LOWER ANTENNAS, LEFT AND RIGHT STEPS, AND ENGINE EXHAUST STACKS. THE ENGINE PROPELLER BLADES WERE CURLED AFT.