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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Conaer LA-4-200 · Meriden, CT · April 13, 2003

Date: April 13, 2003 · 09:00 local
Place: Meriden, CT
Airport: Meriden Markham Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N3RQ
Reported as: Conaer LA4200
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 450 total380 in this make and model3 in the last 90 days

N3RQRegistered now · Lake LA-4-200S/N 523 · Built 1972 Airframe modelLake LA-4-200 Engine modelLycoming I0360 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) Pilot stated that he was conversing with his passenger and forgot to put the gear down.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS CONVERSING WITH HIS PASSENGER AND FORGOT TO PUT THE GEAR DOWN.