# Incident 20080405832419I: Vicker SPITFIRELFIX, Tucson, AZ, April 5, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 5, 2008, 15:30 local time
- Place: Tucson, AZ
- Airport: Marana Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4096° N, 111.2184° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MARANA RGNL (AVQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4096&lon=-111.2184&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2TF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2TF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Vickers/Supermarine SPITFIRE LF IX E (registry code 9470124, https://openairdocs.org/model/vickers-supermarine-spitfire-lf-ix-e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pkrd-Roll V1650 series (registry code 49001, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pkrd-roll-v1650-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: VICKER SPITFIRELFIX
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 21,000 total, 50 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080405832419I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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