20080405832419I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Vicker Spitfirelfix · Tucson, AZ · April 5, 2008

Date
April 5, 2008 · 15:30 local
Place
Tucson, AZ
Airport
Marana Regional
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2TF
Reported as
Vicker Spitfirelfix
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
21,000 total50 in this make and model75 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) On April 5, 2008 at approximately 1530 MST, the pilot privacy data omitted was flying in formation with three other spitfire aircraft at Marana Regional Airport, Marana, AZ. In the interview with the pilot privacy data omitted he stated he was the second aircraft in sequence for landing. Midway through the break, he states the winds changed and they switched landing runways. The pilot privacy data omitted then proceeded into land, following his normal procedures, and did not realize he failed to put the gear down until he heard the prop hitting the runway. The pilot privacy data omitted sustained no injuries and states that there was minor damage to the aircraft. He believes there were no mitigating circumstances that caused this incident, and that he simply forgot to put the gear down. He takes full responsibility for the incident.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON APRIL 5, 2008 AT APPROXIMATELY 1530 MST, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS FLYING IN FORMATION WITH THREE OTHER SPITFIRE AIRCRAFT AT MARANA REGIONAL AIRPORT, MARANA, AZ. IN THE INTERVIEW WITH THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HE STATED HE WAS THE SECOND AIRCRAFT IN SEQUENCE FOR LANDING. MIDWAY THROUGH THE BREAK, HE STATES THE WINDS CHANGED AND THEY SWITCHED LANDING RUNWAYS. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THEN PROCEEDED INTO LAND, FOLLOWING HIS NORMAL PROCEDURES, AND DID NOT REALIZE HE FAILED TO PUT THE GEAR DOWN UNTIL HE HEARD THE PROP HITTING THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SUSTAINED NO INJURIES AND STATES THAT THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. HE BELIEVES THERE WERE NO MITIGATING CIRCUMSTANCES THAT CAUSED THIS INCIDENT, AND THAT HE SIMPLY FORGOT TO PUT THE GEAR DOWN. HE TAKES FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE INCIDENT.