# Incident 20070429008569I: Lakeac 250LAKE, Valparaiso, IN, April 29, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 29, 2007, 12:30 local time
- Place: Valparaiso, IN
- Airport: Porter County Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4540° N, 87.0071° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PORTER COUNTY RGNL (VPZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4540&lon=-87.0071&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8551D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8551D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerofab LAKE 250 (registry code 5110322, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerofab-lake-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LAKEAC 250LAKE
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 200 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070429008569I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS APPROACHING FROM THE NORTH FOR RUNWAY 18, WIND WAS FROM 230 SKY CONDITION CLEAR. TRAFFIC WAS DEPARTING 18 AND SOME USING RUNWAY 27. PILOT BECAME DISTRACTED WITH UNICOM TRANSMISSIONS. PUT DOWN FLAPS BUT DID NOT PUT LANDING GEAR DOWN, ACFT LANDED ON KEEL AND SKIDDED TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY ONTO THE GRASS. AIRCRAFT IS NOT EQUIPPED WITH WARNING HORN. COUNSELED PILOT ON FOLLOWING CHECK LIST PROCEDURES. CROSS CHECK PRIOR TO LANDING.

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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