# Incident 19960930030449I: Beech B24R, Elkhart, IN, September 30, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 1996, 20:00 local time
- Place: Elkhart, IN
- Airport: Elkhart Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7194° N, 86.0032° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ELKHART MUNI (EKM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7194&lon=-86.0032&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2539W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2539W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B24R (registry code 1151253, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b24r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B24R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 610 total, 450 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960930030449I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON DOWN WIND LEG TO LAND ON RUNWAY 27 AT ELKHART MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, PILOT OBSERVED ANOTHER AIRCRAFT ON RUNWAY 27 WHICH HAD JUST LANDED. THE AIRCRAFT PROCEEDED TO THE WEST END OF THE RUNWAY, TURNED AROUND AND WAS GIVEN CLEARANCE TO TAKE OFF. THIS DISTRACTED THE PILOT TO THE EXTENT HE FORGOT TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR. HE LANDED WITH GEAR UP CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

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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