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FAA incident report · Cessna 411 · Bowling Green, MO · June 6, 1999

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Date
June 6, 1999 · 14:15 local
Place
Bowling Green, MO
Airport
Bowling Green Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
Parachute jumping (Part 105)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1919L
Reported as
Cessna 411
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,464 total
N1919LRegistered now · Cessna 411S/N 411-0157Airframe modelCessna 411Engine modelContinental GTSIO-520-CReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-5) The pilot failed to extend the landing gear prior to the jumpers exiting the aircraft as the operator's standard operating proceedures called for. When he reached pattern altitude, during the landing phase the pilot said that he thought that he had already extended the gear. The pilot did not confirm that the landing gear was extended prior to landing, resulting in a gear-up landing. The aircraft sustained minor damage to the fuselage underside, lower antennas and flaps.

As the FAA filed it

(-5) THE PILOT FAILED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR PRIOR TO THE JUMPERS EXITING THE AIRCRAFT AS THE OPERATOR'S STANDARD OPERATING PROCEEDURES CALLED FOR. WHEN HE REACHED PATTERN ALTITUDE, DURING THE LANDING PHASE THE PILOT SAID THAT HE THOUGHT THAT HE HAD ALREADY EXTENDED THE GEAR. THE PILOT DID NOT CONFIRM THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED PRIOR TO LANDING, RESULTING IN A GEAR-UP LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE FUSELAGE UNDERSIDE, LOWER ANTENNAS AND FLAPS.