What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) Pilot departed runway 34, Asheville Regional Airport (avl) in VFR conditions on IFR flight plan to kheg and noticed at about 3700 feet on climb out that he could not transmit. He then squawked 7700 declaring an emergency and made a down wind turn back to runway 34 to land. The pilot failed to see the red light signal from avl tower given because of no landing gear down and also did not hear the tower communication via the radio that the gear was not down. He continued his approach to runway 34 and landed gear up without landing clearance from the tower. The aircraft had minor damage and the pilot was not injured. The NTSB was contacted and NTSB inspector, privacy data omitted, declined participation based on minor damage. The aircraft was then removed from the runway and transported by trailer to Asheville jet FBO.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) PILOT DEPARTED RUNWAY 34, ASHEVILLE REGIONAL AIRPORT (AVL) IN VFR CONDITIONS ON IFR FLIGHT PLAN TO KHEG AND NOTICED AT ABOUT 3700 FEET ON CLIMB OUT THAT HE COULD NOT TRANSMIT. HE THEN SQUAWKED 7700 DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND MADE A DOWN WIND TURN BACK TO RUNWAY 34 TO LAND. THE PILOT FAILED TO SEE THE RED LIGHT SIGNAL FROM AVL TOWER GIVEN BECAUSE OF NO LANDING GEAR DOWN AND ALSO DID NOT HEAR THE TOWER COMMUNICATION VIA THE RADIO THAT THE GEAR WAS NOT DOWN. HE CONTINUED HIS APPROACH TO RUNWAY 34 AND LANDED GEAR UP WITHOUT LANDING CLEARANCE FROM THE TOWER. THE AIRCRAFT HAD MINOR DAMAGE AND THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE NTSB WAS CONTACTED AND NTSB INSPECTOR, ^PRIVACY DAT^, DECLINED PARTICIPATION BASED ON MINOR DAMAGE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN REMOVED FROM THE RUNWAY AND TRANSPORTED BY TRAILER TO ASHEVILLE JET FBO.
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