20051006031189I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 421C · Aberdeen, SD · October 6, 2005

Date
October 6, 2005 · 17:40 local
Place
Aberdeen, SD
Airport
Aberdeen Regional Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N633MC
Reported as
Cessna 421C
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,900 total2,058 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) On 10/06/2005, pilot privacy data omitted departed huron, SD with two passengers and arrived at Aberdeen, SD (abr). The pilot stated he was VFR and planned on landing on runway 35. He said there was another aircraft departing from runway 31. He said he was distracted from completing the checklist items because he was concerned about the spacing from his aircraft and the one departing. The pilot privacy data omitted landed on runway 35. He did not complete his prelanding checklist and subsequently landed gear up on runway 35 at abr. The pilot said there was no landing gear warning horn during the approach. As a result of the gear up landing, there was damage to the propellers, cowlings, belly skin, and flaps. There were no injuries. The mechanic was also interviewed. The mechanic stated that after he moved the aircraft to the hangar, he checked the gear horn and stated the horn was not working.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON 10/06/2005, PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMI^ DEPARTED HURON, SD WITH TWO PASSENGERS AND ARRIVED AT ABERDEEN, SD (ABR). THE PILOT STATED HE WAS VFR AND PLANNED ON LANDING ON RUNWAY 35. HE SAID THERE WAS ANOTHER AIRCRAFT DEPARTING FROM RUNWAY 31. HE SAID HE WAS DISTRACTED FROM COMPLETING THE CHECKLIST ITEMS BECAUSE HE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE SPACING FROM HIS AIRCRAFT AND THE ONE DEPARTING. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY D^ LANDED ON RUNWAY 35. HE DID NOT COMPLETE HIS PRELANDING CHECKLIST AND SUBSEQUENTLY LANDED GEAR UP ON RUNWAY 35 AT ABR. THE PILOT SAID THERE WAS NO LANDING GEAR WARNING HORN DURING THE APPROACH. AS A RESULT OF THE GEAR UP LANDING, THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLERS, COWLINGS, BELLY SKIN, AND FLAPS. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE MECHANIC WAS ALSO INTERVIEWED. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT AFTER HE MOVED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE HANGAR, HE CHECKED THE GEAR HORN AND STATED THE HORN WAS NOT WORKING.