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) At the completion of a night cross country flight, the pilot configured the aircraft for entry into the landing pattern by slowing to 100 knots and putting in the first notch of flaps. He said he then forgot to lower the landing gear and landed gear up doing substantial damage to the aircraft.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) AT THE COMPLETION OF A NIGHT CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT, THE PILOT CONFIGURED THE AIRCRAFT FOR ENTRY INTO THE LANDING PATTERN BY SLOWING TO 100 KNOTS AND PUTTING IN THE FIRST NOTCH OF FLAPS. HE SAID HE THEN FORGOT TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR AND LANDED GEAR UP DOING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.