What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) Flight instructor vogel was teaching short field landings to Mr. Wiebe in preparation for wiebe's commercial pilot flight test. After a number of practice landings at ftg, the pilots landed the aircraft with the landing gear retracted. The aircraft caught fire immediately after landing, the occupants exited the aircraft, and the aircraft burned on the runway. Flight instructor vogel admitted that he forgot to lower the landing gear. Pilot wiebe stated that the before-landing check list was not used in the traffic pattern prior to the gear-up landing.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR VOGEL WAS TEACHING SHORT FIELD LANDINGS TO MR. WIEBE IN PREPARATION FOR WIEBE'S COMMERCIAL PILOT FLIGHT TEST. AFTER A NUMBER OF PRACTICE LANDINGS AT FTG, THE PILOTS LANDED THE AIRCRAFT WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED. THE AIRCRAFT CAUGHT FIRE IMMEDIATELY AFTER LANDING, THE OCCUPANTS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT, AND THE AIRCRAFT BURNED ON THE RUNWAY. FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR VOGEL ADMITTED THAT HE FORGOT TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR. PILOT WIEBE STATED THAT THE BEFORE-LANDING CHECK LIST WAS NOT USED IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN PRIOR TO THE GEAR-UP LANDING.
NTSB investigation
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