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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Diamon DA 42 · Seattle, WA · August 14, 2008

Date
August 14, 2008 · 12:55 local
Place
Seattle, WA
Airport
Boeing Field/King County International
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N480TS
Reported as
Diamon DA42
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,000 total20 in this make and model56 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) Aircraft initially was on approach to runway 31L at kbfi, then ATC directed the pilot to land on runway 31R. Aircraft briefly touched down on 31R with the gear in the up position which causing damage to the propeller, at first the pilot attempted to go around but was forced instead to land the aircraft further down the runway. According to ATC tapes the controller attempted several times to notify the pilot that the gear were retracted and to go around. However it is unclear as to what point in the landing sequence the ATC made the attempts.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT INITIALLY WAS ON APPROACH TO RUNWAY 31L AT KBFI, THEN ATC DIRECTED THE PILOT TO LAND ON RUNWAY 31R. AIRCRAFT BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN ON 31R WITH THE GEAR IN THE UP POSITION WHICH CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, AT FIRST THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO GO AROUND BUT WAS FORCED INSTEAD TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT FURTHER DOWN THE RUNWAY. ACCORDING TO ATC TAPES THE CONTROLLER ATTEMPTED SEVERAL TIMES TO NOTIFY THE PILOT THAT THE GEAR WERE RETRACTED AND TO GO AROUND. HOWEVER IT IS UNCLEAR AS TO WHAT POINT IN THE LANDING SEQUENCE THE ATC MADE THE ATTEMPTS.