19970514010259I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 414 · Harlingen, TX · May 14, 1997

Date: May 14, 1997 · 20:23 local
Place: Harlingen, TX
Airport: Rio Grande Valley International Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N8150Q
Reported as: Cessna 414
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,200 total100 in this make and model

N8150QRegistered now · Cessna 414S/N 414-0050 Airframe modelCessna 414 Engine modelContinental TSIO-520 seriesReciprocating

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 pilot told the tower operator that he just failed to put the landing gear down. The aircraft came to rest on runway 17R. There were no injuries to the lone pilot. Weather was reported from the tower as clear and 10 miles visibility. Director of maintenance jim cooney of amigos aviation serve. Stated that the landing gear operated normally after raising the aircraft to move from the runway and that the gear warning horn was operational. Damage was reported as being to the inboard flap trailing edges, both props, gear doors and skin on the belly. No bulkhead or stringer damage. privacy data omitted The damage was minimal and contained to his own aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT TOLD THE TOWER OPERATOR THAT HE JUST FAILED TO PUT THE LANDING GEAR DOWN. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON RUNWAY 17R. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE LONE PILOT. WEATHER WAS REPORTED FROM THE TOWER AS CLEAR AND 10 MILES VISIBILITY. DIRECTOR OF MAINTENANCE JIM COONEY OF AMIGOS AVIATION SERVE. STATED THAT THE LANDING GEAR OPERATED NORMALLY AFTER RAISING THE AIRCRAFT TO MOVE FROM THE RUNWAY AND THAT THE GEAR WARNING HORN WAS OPERATIONAL. DAMAGE WAS REPORTED AS BEING TO THE INBOARD FLAP TRAILING EDGES, BOTH PROPS, GEAR DOORS AND SKIN ON THE BELLY. NO BULKHEAD OR STRINGER DAMAGE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THE DAMAGE WAS MINIMAL AND CONTAINED TO HIS OWN AIRCRAFT.