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 April 15, 2005, at about 1310 local time, in a statement from the pilot of N7854M an experimental europa-classic, departed Watsonville airport for some pattern work and local flying. On downwind the pilot stated he was distracted during pre-landing check by monitoring of the compass and failed to extend landing gear. The pilot stated that he had performed calibration of the vertical card compass prior to departure. *report given to operations unit.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) ON APRIL 15, 2005, AT ABOUT 1310 LOCAL TIME, IN A STATEMENT FROM THE PILOT OF N7854M AN EXPERIMENTAL EUROPA-CLASSIC, DEPARTED WATSONVILLE AIRPORT FOR SOME PATTERN WORK AND LOCAL FLYING. ON DOWNWIND THE PILOT STATED HE WAS DISTRACTED DURING PRE-LANDING CHECK BY MONITORING OF THE COMPASS AND FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD PERFORMED CALIBRATION OF THE VERTICAL CARD COMPASS PRIOR TO DEPARTURE. *REPORT GIVEN TO OPERATIONS UNIT.
Other reports on N7854M · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.