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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 320E · Belle Fourche, SD · May 19, 2002

Date: May 19, 2002
Place: Belle Fourche, SD
Airport: Belle Fourche Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N66DH
Reported as: Cessna 320E
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0

N66DHRegistered now · Cessna 320ES/N 320E0041 Airframe modelCessna 320E Engine modelContinental IO-520 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 aircraft owned and operated by lee trotter of rapid city, SD was landing at Belle Fourche, SD. During the landing one of the propellers struck the runway and the pilot realized that the gear did not come down completely. He made a go-around and hand cranked the landing gear the rest of the way down. The aircraft then landed without further incident.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT OWNED AND OPERATED BY LEE TROTTER OF RAPID CITY, SD WAS LANDING AT BELLE FOURCHE, SD. DURING THE LANDING ONE OF THE PROPELLERS STRUCK THE RUNWAY AND THE PILOT REALIZED THAT THE GEAR DID NOT COME DOWN COMPLETELY. HE MADE A GO-AROUND AND HAND CRANKED THE LANDING GEAR THE REST OF THE WAY DOWN. THE AIRCRAFT THEN LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.