# Incident 20070618012439I: Found FBA2C1, Spokane, WA, June 18, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 18, 2007, 12:50 local time
- Place: Spokane, WA
- Airport: Spokane International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: Z8WA
- Location: 47.6190° N, 117.5352° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SPOKANE INTL (GEG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.6190&lon=-117.5352&mi=10
- Aircraft: N889WT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N889WT-2009-08-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Found Acft Canada FBA-2C1 (registry code 3640103, https://openairdocs.org/model/found-acft-canada-fba-2c1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FOUND FBA2C1
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,250 total, 515 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070618012439I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 18, 2006 AT 12:50 THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS ACTING AS PILOT IN COMMAND OF N889WT, A SINGLE ENGINE FOUND FBA-2-C1 AIRPLANE CONFIGURED ON AMPHIBIOUS FLOATS. THIS PARTICULAR FAR 135 FLIGHT FOR HUNTER AIR INC. CERT. #Z8WA, ORIGINATED AT THE SANDPOINT, IDAHO AIRPORT (SZT) VFR TO SPOKANE, WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KGEG). IN A TELEPHONE INTERVIEW, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED HE LANDED N889WT WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED ON RUNWAY 21 IN SPOKANE. HE ADDED HE FELT RUSHED BY ATC DUE TO BUSY JET AIRCRAFT LANDINGS AND DEPARTURES, AND HAD RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR TO INCREASE THE AIRCRAFT'S SPEED TO CONFORM WITH OTHER TRAFFIC. HE DOES HOWEVER TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE GEAR UP LANDING AND DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO WEAR ON THE FLOAT'S KEEL WEAR STRIP. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO EITHER THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OR HIS PASSENGER.

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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