# Incident 20080125013569I: Milest XLRG5, Greenville, SC, January 25, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 25, 2008, 16:20 local time
- Place: Greenville, SC
- Airport: Donaldson Center
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.8369° N, 82.3630° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Greenville, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8369&lon=-82.3630&mi=10
- Aircraft: N821TM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N821TM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Miles Terrence M XLRG-5 (registry code 056236O, https://openairdocs.org/model/miles-terrence-m-xlrg-5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MILEST XLRG5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 17,000 total, 12 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080125013569I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 1/25/2008, ON APPROACH TO GREENVILLE-ANDERSON SC AIRPORT, GYH, PIC ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS PREPARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 23 IN HIS AIRCRAFT, N821TM, AN AMATEUR-BUILT VELOCITY XRLG-5. HE CONTINUED TO TOUCHDOWN, WHEN HE REALIZED THAT HE HAD FAILED TO PUT THE LANDING GEAR IN THE DOWN POSITION. THE AIRCRAFT SLID APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET ON THE ASPHALT, AND CAME TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY. EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT WAS CALLED OUT, BUT NOT USED. THERE WAS NO POST CRASH FIRE, AND THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO EXIT THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT ANY DIFFICULTY. THE SOLE PERSON-ON-BOARD REPORTED NO INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE FUSELAGE, AND THE PROPELLER. THERE WAS NO REPORTED DAMAGE TO ANY OTHER PROPERTY.

## Other reports on N821TM (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20211109019419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211109019419I), Nov 9, 2021: Miles Terrence M XLRG-5 (N821TM), Denton, TX, Minor damage. Pilot apporached dto for final landing of the day and noticed he did not have green light indication for the main landing gear. Nose gear indicated…

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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