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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Ryan NAVION · Sterling, MA · September 3, 2007

Date
September 3, 2007 · 11:15 local
Place
Sterling, MA
Airport
Sterling
Phase of flight
Sfl Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4496K
Reported as
Ryan Navion
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,070 total400 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

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) The pilot wanted to make a "practice" simulated engine out approach and commenced a gliding approach to rwy 34. The pilot stated that neither he or his pilot rated passenger realized that he had failed to lower the landing gear.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT WANTED TO MAKE A "PRACTICE" SIMULATED ENGINE OUT APPROACH AND COMMENCED A GLIDING APPROACH TO RWY 34. THE PILOT STATED THAT NEITHER HE OR HIS PILOT RATED PASSENGER REALIZED THAT HE HAD FAILED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR.