# Incident 20050924031899I: Yaklev YAK3M, Norfolk, VA, September 24, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 24, 2005, 12:43 local time
- Place: Norfolk, VA
- Airport: Norfolk International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.8956° N, 76.1989° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NORFOLK INTL (ORF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8956&lon=-76.1989&mi=10
- Aircraft: N20669, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N20669-2006-06-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Yakovlev/Nalls YAK-3M (registry code 05614DX, https://openairdocs.org/model/yakovlev-nalls-yak-3m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: YAKLEV YAK3M
- Reported engine: ALLSN V1710*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,927 total, 86 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050924031899I

## Narrative

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

(-23) 09/25/2005, 20:00 HOURS LOCAL- RECEIVED CALL FROM ACTING RICHMOND FSDO-21 OFFICE MANAGER, SERVING NOTICE TO RESPOND TO THE FOLLOWING INCIDENT: ON 09/24/05, AT 12:29 HOURS LOCAL, THE PILOT OF N20669, AN EXPERIMENTAL EXHIBITION YAK-3M, NOTIFIED THE NORFOLK TOWER THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD A FAULTY LANDING GEAR, AND HE WOULD HAVE TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT NORFOLK. RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS DAMAGED DURING TOUCH AND TO AT PVG. PILOT CONTINUED TO ORF TO DO AN EMERGENCY LANDING. AT 12:43 HOURS, THE AIRPORT WAS CLOSED TO ALL OTHER TRAFFIC. AT 12:59 HOURS, THE AIRCRAFT MADE A SUCCESSFUL GEAR-UP LANDING ON RUNWAY 5. NORFOLK FIRE AND RESCUE SECURED THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT WAS THE ONLY PERSON ON BOARD AND WAS NOT INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM THE RUNWAY BY CRANE AND MOVED TO PIEDMONT HAWTHORNE AVIATION FOR STORAGE. 15:45 HOURS: AIRPORT WAS REOPENED TO ALL TRAFFIC.

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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