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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech U-8D · Savanna, IL · March 1, 2008

Date: March 1, 2008 · 11:30 local
Place: Savanna, IL
Airport: Tri-Township
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N3250Q
Reported as: Beech U8D
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 550 total30 in this make and model3 in the last 90 days

N3250QRegistered now · Beech U-8DS/N 58-1334 Airframe modelBeech U-8D

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The pilot privacy data omitted was on a visual flight rules (VFR) flight from monticello, IA (kmxo) to platteville, Wisconsin (kpvb). Enroute he flew over Savanna, IL (ksfy) and decided to practice some landings. His first landing was uneventful. He departed the runway and made left traffic. On downwind he heard another aircraft in the pattern for the same runway he was landing on. Preoccupied with looking for the traffic, the pilot privacy data omitted forgot to lower the landing gear. This resulted in a gear up landing. There were no injuries and minor damage to the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS ON A VISUAL FLIGHT RULES (VFR) FLIGHT FROM MONTICELLO, IA (KMXO) TO PLATTEVILLE, WISCONSIN (KPVB). ENROUTE HE FLEW OVER SAVANNA, IL (KSFY) AND DECIDED TO PRACTICE SOME LANDINGS. HIS FIRST LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL. HE DEPARTED THE RUNWAY AND MADE LEFT TRAFFIC. ON DOWNWIND HE HEARD ANOTHER AIRCRAFT IN THE PATTERN FOR THE SAME RUNWAY HE WAS LANDING ON. PREOCCUPIED WITH LOOKING FOR THE TRAFFIC, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FORGOT TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR. THIS RESULTED IN A GEAR UP LANDING. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.