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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Blanca 17-31ATC · Smithville, TN · June 9, 2000

Date
June 9, 2000 · 15:30 local
Place
Smithville, TN
Airport
Smithville Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4088B
Reported as
Blanca 1731ATC
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540K1E5
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
428 total41 in this make and model17 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.

(-23)Gear warning hron failed on approach. I was focused on fuel management due to somewhat lower fuel than usual (1/8TH tank each wing), and I failed to repeat my check of gear down and locked lights.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)GEAR WARNING HRON FAILED ON APPROACH. I WAS FOCUSED ON FUEL MANAGEMENT DUE TO SOMEWHAT LOWER FUEL THAN USUAL (1/8TH TANK EACH WING), AND I FAILED TO REPEAT MY CHECK OF GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED LIGHTS.

Other reports on N4088B · 2

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.