# Incident 20010928027959I: Beech B24R, Wilkes Barre Sc, PA, September 28, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 28, 2001, 19:00 local time
- Place: Wilkes Barre Sc, PA
- Airport: Wilkes-Barre Scranton International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3385° N, 75.7234° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON INTL (AVP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3385&lon=-75.7234&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1997L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1997L-2019-04-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B24R (registry code 1151253, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b24r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B24R
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 750 total, 30 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010928027959I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) STUDENT PILOT WITH HIS INSTRUCTOR WERE ON A DOWNWIND LEG TO LAND RUNWAY 4 AT WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (AVP). STUDENT PILOT AND FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR BECAME PREOCCUPIED WITH OTHER DUTIES AND MISMANAGED LANDING GEAR AND LANDED GEAR UP.

## Other reports on N1997L (2)

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

- [Incident 20180728018189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180728018189I), Jul 28, 2018: Beech B24R (N1997L), Lititz, PA, Minor damage. PIC was landing at lns and stated that he flared too high just prior to touchdown, bounced off of the runway and started porpoising. After bouncing on the…
- [Accident 19870715082559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870715082559A), Jul 15, 1987: Beech B24R (N1997L), Danbury, CT, Substantial damage. A deer darted in front of the landing aircraft and was struck by the left wing.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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