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FAA incident report · Aimm AMT200 · Slaton, TX · December 4, 2005

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Date
December 4, 2005 · 10:00 local
Place
Slaton, TX
Airport
Slaton Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N70TD
Reported as
Aimm AMT200
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
100 total1 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days
N70TDRegistered now · Aeromot AMT-200(SUPR XIMNGO)S/N 200058 · Built 1996Airframe modelAeromot AMT-200(SUPR XIMNGO)Engine modelBombardier ROTAX (ALL)Reciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Owner is not a rated or trained pilot. When the motorglider was delivred to the owner, the ferry pilot demonstrated the aircraft. The owner could not locate a local glider instructor and decided to fly the aircraft alone, with no instruction. He failed to lower the landing gear and made a gear-up landing on runway 35 at Slaton Municipal Airport (F49) in Slaton, Texas. There were no injuries and only minor damage to the motorglider.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) OWNER IS NOT A RATED OR TRAINED PILOT. WHEN THE MOTORGLIDER WAS DELIVRED TO THE OWNER, THE FERRY PILOT DEMONSTRATED THE AIRCRAFT. THE OWNER COULD NOT LOCATE A LOCAL GLIDER INSTRUCTOR AND DECIDED TO FLY THE AIRCRAFT ALONE, WITH NO INSTRUCTION. HE FAILED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR AND MADE A GEAR-UP LANDING ON RUNWAY 35 AT SLATON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (F49) IN SLATON, TEXAS. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND ONLY MINOR DAMAGE TO THE MOTORGLIDER.