# Incident 20030704016149I: Cessna 414, Asheville, NC, July 4, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 2003, 11:17 local time
- Place: Asheville, NC
- Airport: Asheville Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4361° N, 82.5420° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ASHEVILLE RGNL (AVL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4361&lon=-82.5420&mi=10
- Aircraft: N117SK (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 414
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 150 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030704016149I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS ON RUNWAY 34, ASHEVILLE REGIONAL AIRPORT (AVL) HE STATED THAT UPON LANDING HE ADVANCED POWER AND TOOK OFF AGAIN RETRACTING THE GEAR. WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO RETRACT FLAPS, THE FLAPS WOULD NOT RETRACT AND REMAINED IN THE LANDING CONFIGURATION. HE THEN REQUESTED TO LAND WITH AVL TOWER. HE STATED THAT IT TOOK A LOT OF POWER TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE AS THE WARNING HORN WAS LOUD AND ON CONTINUOUSLY. HE ALSO STATED THAT HE THOUGHT HE PUT THE LANDING GEAR DOWN. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP ON RUNWAY 34 WITH MINOR DAMAGE AND NO INJURY.

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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