19991231045289I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Yaklev YAK 52 · Ogden, UT · December 31, 1999

Date: December 31, 1999 · 11:20 local
Place: Ogden, UT
Airport: Ogden-Hinckley Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N79RR
Reported as: Yaklev YAK52
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,400 total100 in this make and model25 in the last 90 days

N79RRRegistration cancelled Apr 29, 2003 · Yakovlev YAK 52S/N 867102 · Built 1986 Airframe modelYakovlev YAK 52 Engine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG

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.

(-23)On return to home base at Ogden I noticed that I did not have a down indicator light on the right main gear. After attempts to get a green light, I notified the tower of the problem and was cleared to make a slow fly by. The tower advised me that my right main was not in the down position. I then retracted the other gear and made a flap and wheels up landing on runway 21. Prior to touchdown I killed the engine with the magneto switch and turned off the fuel at the shutoff valve. Since the wheels do not fully retract they serve to keep the fuselage from actually contacting the runway enabling the brakes to be used even with the gear retracted. Damage was limited to the wooden propeller tips and the tail skid.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)ON RETURN TO HOME BASE AT OGDEN I NOTICED THAT I DID NOT HAVE A DOWN INDICATOR LIGHT ON THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR. AFTER ATTEMPTS TO GET A GREEN LIGHT, I NOTIFIED THE TOWER OF THE PROBLEM AND WAS CLEARED TO MAKE A SLOW FLY BY. THE TOWER ADVISED ME THAT MY RIGHT MAIN WAS NOT IN THE DOWN POSITION. I THEN RETRACTED THE OTHER GEAR AND MADE A FLAP AND WHEELS UP LANDING ON RUNWAY 21. PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN I KILLED THE ENGINE WITH THE MAGNETO SWITCH AND TURNED OFF THE FUEL AT THE SHUTOFF VALVE. SINCE THE WHEELS DO NOT FULLY RETRACT THEY SERVE TO KEEP THE FUSELAGE FROM ACTUALLY CONTACTING THE RUNWAY ENABLING THE BRAKES TO BE USED EVEN WITH THE GEAR RETRACTED. DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE WOODEN PROPELLER TIPS AND THE TAIL SKID.