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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Aimm AMT200 · Grand Prairie, TX · October 12, 2003

Date: October 12, 2003 · 12:30 local
Place: Grand Prairie, TX
Airport: Grand Prairie Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N545X
Reported as: Aimm AMT200
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 160 total73 in this make and model8 in the last 90 days

N545XRegistered now · Aeromot AMT-200(SUPR XIMNGO)S/N 200049 · Built 1995 Airframe modelAeromot AMT-200(SUPR XIMNGO)Engine modelBombardier ROTAX (ALL)Reciprocating

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 October 12, 2003, at 1230 CDT, an aeromot AMT-200, N545X, owned by heinz joseph smirmaul, privacy data omitted had an incident while landing at Grand Prairie Municipal Airport. Mr. Smirmaul failed to extend the landing gear, during a long final approach to runway 35, and landed gear up. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed (VMC) and there was no flight plan filed. The aircraft had minor damage and Mr. Smirmaul was the only one aboard the aircraft and received no injuries. Mr. Smirmaul holds a private pilot single engine land and glider rating. The flight originated at midlothian, TX, mid-way regional airport (4T6), on October 12, 2003 at 1200 CDT.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON OCTOBER 12, 2003, AT 1230 CDT, AN AEROMOT AMT-200, N545X, OWNED BY HEINZ JOSEPH SMIRMAUL, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAD AN INCIDENT WHILE LANDING AT GRAND PRAIRIE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. MR. SMIRMAUL FAILED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR, DURING A LONG FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 35, AND LANDED GEAR UP. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED (VMC) AND THERE WAS NO FLIGHT PLAN FILED. THE AIRCRAFT HAD MINOR DAMAGE AND MR. SMIRMAUL WAS THE ONLY ONE ABOARD THE AIRCRAFT AND RECEIVED NO INJURIES. MR. SMIRMAUL HOLDS A PRIVATE PILOT SINGLE ENGINE LAND AND GLIDER RATING. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT MIDLOTHIAN, TX, MID-WAY REGIONAL AIRPORT (4T6), ON OCTOBER 12, 2003 AT 1200 CDT.