# Incident 20061108024409I: Lacher MELAIR, El Cajon, CA, November 8, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 8, 2006, 11:09 local time
- Place: El Cajon, CA
- Airport: Gillespie Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8262° N, 116.9724° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GILLESPIE FLD (SEE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8262&lon=-116.9724&mi=10
- Aircraft: N37ML, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N37ML) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lacher Meldon J MELAIR (registry code 05605LO, https://openairdocs.org/model/lacher-meldon-j-melair) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0-360-B1E (registry code 41559, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0-360-b1e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LACHER MELAIR
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 250 total, 80 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061108024409I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 8TH, 2006 AT 1109 PST, N37ML, A GLASAIR I RG HOMEBUILT AIRCRAFT, LANDED GEAR UP ON RUNWAY 27R AT GILLESPIE FIELD, EL CAJON, CA. THE PILOT AND SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WAS UNINJURED. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD COMPLETED THE BEFORE LANDING CHECKLIST "GUMP" CHECK, ON FINAL APPROACH. ON SHORT FINAL, GILLESPIE ATCT INSTRUCTED N37ML TO "GO AROUND" AS THE CONTROLLER NOTICED THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS NOT EXTENDED. THE PILOT DID NOT EXECUTE THE GO AROUND PROCEDURE IN A TIMELY MANNER. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP ON THE RUNWAY. WHILE SKIDDING TO A STOP, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT AND DAMAGED A RUNWAY LIGHT AND SIGN. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST JUST OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF RUNWAY 27R, JUST WEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF RUNWAY 17/35. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING AND BOTTOM OF AIRCRAFT. WHEN WE ARRIVED AT THE SCENE, THE LANDING GEAR SWITCH WAS IN THE DOWN POSITION. AFTER THE AIRCRAFT WAS RAISED WITH A FORKLIFT AND STRAPS, THE MASTER SWITCH WAS TURNED ON, THE LANDING GEAR EXTENDED NORMALLY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RELEASED PER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ NTSB, VIA TELECOM.

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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