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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Osmund W A R A6M5 ZERO · Lumberton, NJ · June 15, 2008

Date
June 15, 2008 · 10:20 local
Place
Lumberton, NJ
Airport
Flying W
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2ZR
Reported as
Osmund WARA6M5ZERO
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
700 total1 in this make and model60 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) While on downwind leg for runway 1 at N14 a vibration of unknown origin occurred. The pilot elected to shorten his pattern and make an immediate landing. The pilot admitted that he did not lower the gear and the aircraft landed with the gear retracted. The propeller was damaged along with the underside of the fuselage.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) WHILE ON DOWNWIND LEG FOR RUNWAY 1 AT N14 A VIBRATION OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN OCCURRED. THE PILOT ELECTED TO SHORTEN HIS PATTERN AND MAKE AN IMMEDIATE LANDING. THE PILOT ADMITTED THAT HE DID NOT LOWER THE GEAR AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH THE GEAR RETRACTED. THE PROPELLER WAS DAMAGED ALONG WITH THE UNDERSIDE OF THE FUSELAGE.