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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Marsh S-2F3AT · Collidge, AZ · February 10, 2005

Date: February 10, 2005 · 14:45 local
Place: Collidge, AZ
Airport: Collidge Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N442DF
Reported as: Marsh S2F3AT
Reported engine: Garrett TPE33114
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 28,545 total1,328 in this make and model51 in the last 90 days

N442DFRegistered now · Marsh S-2F3ATS/N 152826 · Built 2005 Airframe modelMarsh S-2F3AT Engine modelHoneywell TPE331-14GRTurbo-prop

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What happened

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(-23) The pilot's attention was distracted by skydivers and the aircraft landed with the landing gear retracted. The pilot was informed on downwind leg of skydiving in progress at the airport. The crew spotted a skydiver less than a mile from their aircraft and spotted another parachute just below the overcast at approximately eleven o'clock and about 3/4 mile as they turned onto final approach. The crew was intently scanning the airspace ahead in case a skydiver came through the overcast into their flight path. The crew stated that they did not see the jump plane land at the airport, and that they never saw it in flight. The crew stated that the foregoing information indicated to them that the jump aircraft was probably operating on top of the overcast.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT'S ATTENTION WAS DISTRACTED BY SKYDIVERS AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED. THE PILOT WAS INFORMED ON DOWNWIND LEG OF SKYDIVING IN PROGRESS AT THE AIRPORT. THE CREW SPOTTED A SKYDIVER LESS THAN A MILE FROM THEIR AIRCRAFT AND SPOTTED ANOTHER PARACHUTE JUST BELOW THE OVERCAST AT APPROXIMATELY ELEVEN O'CLOCK AND ABOUT 3/4 MILE AS THEY TURNED ONTO FINAL APPROACH. THE CREW WAS INTENTLY SCANNING THE AIRSPACE AHEAD IN CASE A SKYDIVER CAME THROUGH THE OVERCAST INTO THEIR FLIGHT PATH. THE CREW STATED THAT THEY DID NOT SEE THE JUMP PLANE LAND AT THE AIRPORT, AND THAT THEY NEVER SAW IT IN FLIGHT. THE CREW STATED THAT THE FOREGOING INFORMATION INDICATED TO THEM THAT THE JUMP AIRCRAFT WAS PROBABLY OPERATING ON TOP OF THE OVERCAST.