# Incident 20080510835649I: Palmer SPENCERAIRCA, Half Moon Bay, CA, May 10, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 2008, 14:45 local time
- Place: Half Moon Bay, CA
- Airport: Half Moon Bay
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.5134° N, 122.5012° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HALF MOON BAY (HAF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5134&lon=-122.5012&mi=10
- Aircraft: N351DP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N351DP-2018-12-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Palmer Douglas Ian SPENCER AIRCAR S12E (registry code 05622HB, https://openairdocs.org/model/palmer-douglas-ian-spencer-aircar-s12e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PALMER SPENCERAIRCA
- Reported engine: CONT 6285C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 273 total, 74 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080510835649I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AS THE PILOT APPROACHED THE AIRPORT, CROSSING MIDFIELD OVERHEAD AT 1500 FEET, THE LANDING GEAR WAS LOWERED. AT THAT POINT THE PILOT STATED, "WE ARE MAKING A LAND LANDING, THE GEAR IS DOWN". THE PILOT'S WIFE WAS FLYING WITH HIM AND HAS BEEN TAUGHT TO LOOK OUT THE WINDOW AND AT THE GEAR LIGHTS TO CONFIRM THAT HE IS NOT MAKING A MISTAKE WITH THE POSITION OF THE GEAR AS THE AIRCRAFT IS AMPHIBIOUS. THE PILOT TURNED DOWNWIND AND DID HIS PAPER CHECKLIST (GUMPS). WHEN CHECKING THE GEAR THE PILOT AGAIN STATED, "WE ARE MAKING A LAND LANDING, THE GEAR IS DOWN AND LOCKED". THIS INCLUDES LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW TO CONFIRM THAT ALL THE WHEELS ARE DOWN. THE REAR WHEELS ARE VISIBLE, AND THE FRONT WHEEL CAN BE SEEN IN A MIRROR ON THE WING FLOAT. THE FINAL APPROACH WAS NORMAL AND WAS EXECUTED WITH FULL FLAPS. ON TOUCHDOWN, THERE WAS A SLIGHT DELAY AND THEN THE PLANE SETTLED DOWN ONTO ITS KEEL AT THE SKEG. AT THAT POINT THE PILOT RECOGNIZED THAT THERE HAD BEEN A LANDING GEAR PROBLEM AND CONTINUED TO CONTROL THE AIRCRAFT UNTIL IT CAME TO A STOP.

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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