20071022824339I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr MURPHY ELITE · Kodiak, AK · October 22, 2007

Date
October 22, 2007 · 16:50 local
Place
Kodiak, AK
Airport
Kodiak
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N145AS
Reported as
Amtr Murphyelite
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,700 total50 in this make and model50 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) Reports indicate that the airman failed to put the gear in the down position before landing on runway 25 at Kodiak Airport. Multiple attempts have been made to contact airman. It appears he is out of town and may be returning on 11/13/07. (-23 amendment) airman failed to put the gear in the down position before landing on runway 25 at Kodiak Airport. Airman indicated he was distracted by traffic in the area that he was unable to obtain visual contact with and subsequently forgot to put the landing gear down. The aircraft landed smoothly on the pavement but came to a stop significantly shorter than usual. Keel strips on the bottom of the floats showed signs of wear after the incident. The aircraft was lifted and the landing gear was lowered. The aircraft taxied to the ramp under its own power.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) REPORTS INDICATE THAT THE AIRMAN FAILED TO PUT THE GEAR IN THE DOWN POSITION BEFORE LANDING ON RUNWAY 25 AT KODIAK AIRPORT. MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO CONTACT AIRMAN. IT APPEARS HE IS OUT OF TOWN AND MAY BE RETURNING ON 11/13/07. (-23 AMENDMENT) AIRMAN FAILED TO PUT THE GEAR IN THE DOWN POSITION BEFORE LANDING ON RUNWAY 25 AT KODIAK AIRPORT. AIRMAN INDICATED HE WAS DISTRACTED BY TRAFFIC IN THE AREA THAT HE WAS UNABLE TO OBTAIN VISUAL CONTACT WITH AND SUBSEQUENTLY FORGOT TO PUT THE LANDING GEAR DOWN. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SMOOTHLY ON THE PAVEMENT BUT CAME TO A STOP SIGNIFICANTLY SHORTER THAN USUAL. KEEL STRIPS ON THE BOTTOM OF THE FLOATS SHOWED SIGNS OF WEAR AFTER THE INCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIFTED AND THE LANDING GEAR WAS LOWERED. THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO THE RAMP UNDER ITS OWN POWER.