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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr LANCAIR320 · Denton, TX · September 7, 2003

Date
September 7, 2003 · 14:40 local
Place
Denton, TX
Airport
Denton Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N108PB
Reported as
Amtr LANCAIR320
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0

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) On 09/07/2003, at 14:40 local time, a Lancair 320 single engine airplane, registration number N108PB, registered to william m. russell of privacy data omitted landed with the gear up at Denton TX while on a pleasure flight. The pilot reported the gear switch was in the down position, but it failed to lower because of a hydraulic anomaly. No emergency landing gear extension was attempted. The pilot became distracted by another airplane in the same traffic pattern reporting the same position. VFR conditions prevailed and an IFR flight plan was filed. The aircraft sustained minor damage and the pilot was uninjured. The pilot holds a commercial pilot certificate with instrument rating. The flight originated at lajolla, CA (see) on 09/07/2003 at 13:00 local time.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON 09/07/2003, AT 14:40 LOCAL TIME, A LANCAIR 320 SINGLE ENGINE AIRPLANE, REGISTRATION NUMBER N108PB, REGISTERED TO WILLIAM M. RUSSELL OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LANDED WITH THE GEAR UP AT DENTON TX WHILE ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT. THE PILOT REPORTED THE GEAR SWITCH WAS IN THE DOWN POSITION, BUT IT FAILED TO LOWER BECAUSE OF A HYDRAULIC ANOMALY. NO EMERGENCY LANDING GEAR EXTENSION WAS ATTEMPTED. THE PILOT BECAME DISTRACTED BY ANOTHER AIRPLANE IN THE SAME TRAFFIC PATTERN REPORTING THE SAME POSITION. VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE PILOT WAS UNINJURED. THE PILOT HOLDS A COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE WITH INSTRUMENT RATING. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT LAJOLLA, CA (SEE) ON 09/07/2003 AT 13:00 LOCAL TIME.