# Incident 19960511020459I: Sphrth CIRRUS, Byron, CA, May 11, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 11, 1996, 15:35 local time
- Place: Byron, CA
- Airport: Byron Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.8284° N, 121.6258° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BYRON (C83), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8284&lon=-121.6258&mi=10
- Aircraft: N13D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N13D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS (registry code 38019VE, https://openairdocs.org/model/schempp-hirth-standard-cirrus) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SPHRTH CIRRUS
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 825 total, 2 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960511020459I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: APPROACH WAS NORMAL. THE PILOT NOTICED THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS NOT LOCKED DOWN. (IT DID NOT APPEAR TO BE IN THE DETENT.) THE PILOT'S LEFT HAND WAS OCCUPIED ON THE SPOILER HANDLE HIS RIGHT HAND WAS OCCUPIED ON THE STICK. HE LET GO OF THE STICK WITH HIS RIGHT HAND TO GRASP THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE. THIS ALLOWED THE STICK TO GO FORWARD CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO PITCH DOWN. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS TOO LOW TO RECOVER AND HIT THE GROUND HARD. THE LANDING GEAR WAS RETRACTED BY IMPACT WITH THE GROUND DUE TO BEING IN THE UNLOCKED POSITION.

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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