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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech A36 · Allentown, PA · November 23, 2008

Date
November 23, 2008 · 17:00 local
Place
Allentown, PA
Airport
Lehigh Valley International
Phase of flight
Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N14LR
Reported as
Beech A36
Reported engine
Continental IO520BA
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,359 total750 in this make and model34 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) Pilot stated how flying ILS 24 approach into abe maintained localizer and glidescope slowed aircrft and landed without lowering landing gear. There was no mechanical reason why landing gear was not lowered. The pilot stated he simply made a mistake. Pilot operated flight under 14 CFR part 91.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT STATED HOW FLYING ILS 24 APPROACH INTO ABE MAINTAINED LOCALIZER AND GLIDESCOPE SLOWED AIRCRFT AND LANDED WITHOUT LOWERING LANDING GEAR. THERE WAS NO MECHANICAL REASON WHY LANDING GEAR WAS NOT LOWERED. THE PILOT STATED HE SIMPLY MADE A MISTAKE. PILOT OPERATED FLIGHT UNDER 14 CFR PART 91.