# Incident 20080803843579I: Navion L17A, Grass Valley, CA, August 3, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 2008, 08:50 local time
- Place: Grass Valley, CA
- Airport: Nevada County Air Park
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2203° N, 121.0527° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Grass Valley, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2203&lon=-121.0527&mi=10
- Aircraft: N555S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N555S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Navion L-17A (registry code 6150106, https://openairdocs.org/model/navion-l-17a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E185 series (registry code 17014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NAVION L17A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,950 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080803843579I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATES THAT HE WAS CONDUCTING TOUCH AND GO OPERATIONS AND FORGOT TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR ON THE FOURTH LANDNG.  HE HEARD THE GEAR HORN, BUT THOUGHT IT WAS THE STALL HORN, WHICH IS NOT INSTALLED ON THIS PLANE.

## Other reports on N555S (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19781124025609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781124025609I), Nov 24, 1978: Tmpson NAVIONA (N555S), Bemidji, MN, Minor damage. Pilot failed to extend gear for landing.

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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