20001013017339I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 421C · White Plains, NY · October 13, 2000

Date: October 13, 2000 · 19:20 local
Place: White Plains, NY
Airport: Westchester County
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N5RF
Reported as: Cessna 421C
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,200 total2,500 in this make and model75 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) While attempting to land at the Westchester County Airport (hpn) in White Plains, NY, the pilot of CE-421, N5RF, stated he was distracted by the contrast of the brightness of the runway lights of two different runways. The pilot,privacy data omittedstated he requested the lights to be dimmed. As a result, the distraction, according to the pilot, was enough to cause him to forget to extend the landing gear.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY AIRPORT (HPN) IN WHITE PLAINS, NY, THE PILOT OF CE-421, N5RF, STATED HE WAS DISTRACTED BY THE CONTRAST OF THE BRIGHTNESS OF THE RUNWAY LIGHTS OF TWO DIFFERENT RUNWAYS. THE PILOT,^PRIVACY DATA OMITT^STATED HE REQUESTED THE LIGHTS TO BE DIMMED. AS A RESULT, THE DISTRACTION, ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, WAS ENOUGH TO CAUSE HIM TO FORGET TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR.