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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Blanca 14-13-2 · Marana, AZ · February 25, 2006

Date: February 25, 2006 · 12:30 local
Place: Marana, AZ
Airport: Marana Northwest Regnl Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N74212
Reported as: Blanca 14132
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 36,000 total60 in this make and model1 in the last 90 days

N74212Registered now · Bellanca 14-13-2S/N 1325 Airframe modelBellanca 14-13-2 Engine modelFranklin 6A4165 seriesReciprocating

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) Aircraft was on a demo flight for a potential buyer. The buyer was in the passenger seat and the PIC was in the left seat. On final approach, the PIC had the passenger operate the flap handle and he claimed he operated the landing gear switch, held his hand up to block the sun shining on the panel and looked at the gear lights. His claim is that the gear collapsed on touchdown. Evidence on the runway, damage to the aircraft and operational checks of the landing gear all indicate that the gear was never extended. Damage was minimal and there were no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS ON A DEMO FLIGHT FOR A POTENTIAL BUYER. THE BUYER WAS IN THE PASSENGER SEAT AND THE PIC WAS IN THE LEFT SEAT. ON FINAL APPROACH, THE PIC HAD THE PASSENGER OPERATE THE FLAP HANDLE AND HE CLAIMED HE OPERATED THE LANDING GEAR SWITCH, HELD HIS HAND UP TO BLOCK THE SUN SHINING ON THE PANEL AND LOOKED AT THE GEAR LIGHTS. HIS CLAIM IS THAT THE GEAR COLLAPSED ON TOUCHDOWN. EVIDENCE ON THE RUNWAY, DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND OPERATIONAL CHECKS OF THE LANDING GEAR ALL INDICATE THAT THE GEAR WAS NEVER EXTENDED. DAMAGE WAS MINIMAL AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES.