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Date
June 30, 2005 · 14:00 local
Place
New Braunfels, TX
Airport
New Braunfels Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Go Round (Aborted VFR)
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
IBUA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N746CA
Reported as
Cessna 421C
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,000 total500 in this make and model75 in the last 90 days
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) The aircraft was landing and initiated a go-around due to down field helicopter traffic. Retracted gear during go-around. The pilot retracted the landing gear prior to a positive rate and the aircraft settled back on the runway resulting in the aircraft's left propeller and aft fuselage underside striking the runway surface.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDING AND INITIATED A GO-AROUND DUE TO DOWN FIELD HELICOPTER TRAFFIC. RETRACTED GEAR DURING GO-AROUND. THE PILOT RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR PRIOR TO A POSITIVE RATE AND THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED BACK ON THE RUNWAY RESULTING IN THE AIRCRAFT'S LEFT PROPELLER AND AFT FUSELAGE UNDERSIDE STRIKING THE RUNWAY SURFACE.