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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Gulstm 114ARKWELL · Muscle Shoals, AL · October 28, 2000

Date: October 28, 2000 · 15:25 local
Place: Muscle Shoals, AL
Airport: Muscle Shoals Regional Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N114SG
Reported as: Gulstm 114ARKWELL
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 5,000 total250 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

N114SGRegistered now · Rockwell International 114AS/N 14535 · Built 1979 Airframe modelRockwell International 114A Engine modelLycoming IO-540 seriesReciprocating

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)The pilot did not realize that the landing gear was not extended. Initially the pilot reported that he was not sure if the landing gear collapsed or if he forgot the landing gear. When the aircraft was inspected, the landing gear selector was in the down position. The aircraft was raised off the ground, and when the master switch was turned on, the landing gear extended normally. The landing gear operated normally. Maintenance could not get the landing gear to malfunction. There were marks on the runway that were made by the belly, flaps and prop, which indicated that the airplane landed with the landing gear retracted.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)THE PILOT DID NOT REALIZE THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS NOT EXTENDED. INITIALLY THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE WAS NOT SURE IF THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED OR IF HE FORGOT THE LANDING GEAR. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED, THE LANDING GEAR SELECTOR WAS IN THE DOWN POSITION. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RAISED OFF THE GROUND, AND WHEN THE MASTER SWITCH WAS TURNED ON, THE LANDING GEAR EXTENDED NORMALLY. THE LANDING GEAR OPERATED NORMALLY. MAINTENANCE COULD NOT GET THE LANDING GEAR TO MALFUNCTION. THERE WERE MARKS ON THE RUNWAY THAT WERE MADE BY THE BELLY, FLAPS AND PROP, WHICH INDICATED THAT THE AIRPLANE LANDED WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED.