19971228044149I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Conaer LA4250 · Baltimore, MD · December 28, 1997

Date: December 28, 1997 · 14:05 local
Place: Baltimore, MD
Airport: Baltimore-Washington International
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N8550Z
Reported as: Conaer LA4250
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,800 total30 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: on functional check flight, pilot selected gear down and got green light and visual indication of down and locked. Touched down on mains, which slowly collapsed inward on roll out. Nose gear remained locked down. Minor damage to bottom of fuselage and wingtip float. Landing gear indicated down (only a single green light provided) yet main gear able to unlock on landing. FAA form 8010-4 m/d report to follow from operator.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON FUNCTIONAL CHECK FLIGHT, PILOT SELECTED GEAR DOWN AND GOT GREEN LIGHT AND VISUAL INDICATION OF DOWN AND LOCKED. TOUCHED DOWN ON MAINS, WHICH SLOWLY COLLAPSED INWARD ON ROLL OUT. NOSE GEAR REMAINED LOCKED DOWN. MINOR DAMAGE TO BOTTOM OF FUSELAGE AND WINGTIP FLOAT. LANDING GEAR INDICATED DOWN (ONLY A SINGLE GREEN LIGHT PROVIDED) YET MAIN GEAR ABLE TO UNLOCK ON LANDING. FAA FORM 8010-4 M/D REPORT TO FOLLOW FROM OPERATOR.