20060704013679I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 310I · Ankeny, IA · July 4, 2006

Date: July 4, 2006 · 19:00 local
Place: Ankeny, IA
Airport: Ankeny Regional Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N1015
Reported as: Cessna 310I
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 4,000 total3,500 in this make and model37 in the last 90 days

N1015Registration cancelled Sep 5, 2008 · Cessna 310IS/N 310I0074 · Built 1964 Airframe modelCessna 310I Engine modelContinental I0-470 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) Pilot was landing on runway 36 at the Ankeny Regional Airport. He selected the gear handle down, but inadvertently placed the handle in the center neutral position instead of in the down position. He stated that he did not confirm the gear was down with the light. Upon landing, the gear warning horn sounded, but he thought it was the stall warning horn as he was about to touch down. privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 36 AT THE ANKENY REGIONAL AIRPORT. HE SELECTED THE GEAR HANDLE DOWN, BUT INADVERTENTLY PLACED THE HANDLE IN THE CENTER NEUTRAL POSITION INSTEAD OF IN THE DOWN POSITION. HE STATED THAT HE DID NOT CONFIRM THE GEAR WAS DOWN WITH THE LIGHT. UPON LANDING, THE GEAR WARNING HORN SOUNDED, BUT HE THOUGHT IT WAS THE STALL WARNING HORN AS HE WAS ABOUT TO TOUCH DOWN. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^