# Incident 20040316010799I: Socata TB20TRINIDAD, Houston, TX, March 16, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 2004, 15:36 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Sugar Land Municipal/Hull Field Arp
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5547J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5547J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Socata TB-20 TRINIDAD (registry code 8680695, https://openairdocs.org/model/socata-tb-20-trinidad) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SOCATA TB20TRINIDAD
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 650 total, 2 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040316010799I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 16, 2004, APPROXIMATELY 15:36 CDT, A AEROSPATIALE TB20, N5547J, RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE WHEN THE PIC (INSTRUCTOR) MR. TAKASHI SHIMIZA MADE AN GEAR UP LANDING AT SUGAR LAND AIRPORT (KSGR), TEXAS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS REGISTERED TO CIELAZUR LLC, LOCATED IN PEARLAND, TEXAS. MR. SHIMIZA A COMMERCIAL INSTRUMENT CERTIFICATED PILOT WITH A CFI+I RATING AND HIS STUDENT SUSTAINED NO INJURIES. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED FOR THE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATION PART 91 FLIGHT. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED (HOU), APPROXIMATELY 15:15, FOR A LOCAL FLIGHT. THE PILOT APPROACHED SGR HIGH AND FAST WITH THE GEAR UP AND FLAPS RETRACTED. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN WITH THE LANDING GEAR COMPLETELY STOWED AT THE 4000 FEET MARK ON RUNWAY 17R. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE HAD LOW OIL PRESSURE, WHEN HE NOTICED THAT HIS GEAR WAS STOWED HE ELECTED NOT TO EXECUTE A GO AROUND DUE TO THE LOW OIL PRESSURE. PRIOR TO A COMPLETE STOP, FLAMES WERE OBSERVED ON EITHER SIDE OF THE FUSELAGE AT THE WING ROOTS FWD OF THE LEADING EDGE. THE FLAMES SELF EXTINGUISHED.

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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