# Incident 20081118851839I: Rkwell 114A, Merced, CA, November 18, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 18, 2008, 16:35 local time
- Place: Merced, CA
- Airport: Merced Municipal/Macready Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2847° N, 120.5140° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Merced Regional Macready Field (MCE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2847&lon=-120.5140&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5900N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5900N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Rockwell International 114A (registry code 7630315, https://openairdocs.org/model/rockwell-international-114a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RKWELL 114A
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 1,300 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081118851839I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED HE JUST FORGOT TO PUT THE GEAR DOWN.  HE WAS WEARING A SET OF BOISE HANDSETS AND THAT IS WHY HE DID NOT HEAR THE WARNING HORN THAT THE GEAR WAS NOT DOWN.                                        (-23 AMENDMENT) THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH ITS LANDING GEAR RETRACTED CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES.  THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE FORGOT TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR AND STATED THAT HE DID NOT HEAR THE WARNING HORN DUE TO HIS USE OF BOSE NOISE CANCELLING HEADSETS.  INVESTIGATIONS DETERMINED THAT THE AUDIO SYSTEMS OF THIS AIRCRAFT WERE NOT REQUIRED TO HAVE INPUTS FROM THE LANDING GEAR WARNING SYSTEMS.  THE IIC COUNSELLED THE PILOT ON THE IMPORTANCE OF USING CHECKLISTS AND FOLLOWING STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

## Other reports on N5900N (1)

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

- [Incident 20110322005269I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110322005269I), Mar 22, 2011: Rockwell International 114A (N5900N), Merced, CA, Minor damage. On mar 22, 2010 the comm rated pilot flew N5900N for some instrument approach training. On a non-precision GPS to rwy 30 @mce, the pilot decided to circle to…

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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