What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
On December 22, 2008, at approximately 1745 local time, N70LR landed on runway 22 at Clovis Municipal Airport (cvn), Clovis, new Mexico, with the landing gear retracted. The airplane touched down approximately 1090 feet from the runway 22 threshold and skidded approximately 2500 feet, then went off the right side of the runway into the dirt and came to rest facing in the opposite direction. The pilot and 4 passengers were not injured. The pilot stated he lowered the gear but did not remember seeing gear down indication lights. Examination of the landing gear revealed the main gear was unlocked with no evidence of damage to the gear doors or landing gear assemblies. The pilot stated he selected 10 degrees of flaps. There was no evidence found showing damage to flap trailing edges during landing. Flaps were found in the full up position. Inboard flap tracks were ground down preventing further flap movement. The nose gear was in the up and locked position. After raising the aircraft, power was applied and the nose landing gear lowered and locked. The gear switch was cycled once, and all gear retracted and extended normally. Gear annunciator lights and aural warning worked normally.
As the FAA filed it
ON DECEMBER 22, 2008, AT APPROXIMATELY 1745 LOCAL TIME, N70LR LANDED ON RUNWAY 22 AT CLOVIS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (CVN), CLOVIS, NEW MEXICO, WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED. THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN APPROXIMATELY 1090 FEET FROM THE RUNWAY 22 THRESHOLD AND SKIDDED APPROXIMATELY 2500 FEET, THEN WENT OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY INTO THE DIRT AND CAME TO REST FACING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. THE PILOT AND 4 PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED. THE PILOT STATED HE LOWERED THE GEAR BUT DID NOT REMEMBER SEEING GEAR DOWN INDICATION LIGHTS. EXAMINATION OF THE LANDING GEAR REVEALED THE MAIN GEAR WAS UNLOCKED WITH NO EVIDENCE OF DAMAGE TO THE GEAR DOORS OR LANDING GEAR ASSEMBLIES. THE PILOT STATED HE SELECTED 10 DEGREES OF FLAPS. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE FOUND SHOWING DAMAGE TO FLAP TRAILING EDGES DURING LANDING. FLAPS WERE FOUND IN THE FULL UP POSITION. INBOARD FLAP TRACKS WERE GROUND DOWN PREVENTING FURTHER FLAP MOVEMENT. THE NOSE GEAR WAS IN THE UP AND LOCKED POSITION. AFTER RAISING THE AIRCRAFT, POWER WAS APPLIED AND THE NOSE LANDING GEAR LOWERED AND LOCKED. THE GEAR SWITCH WAS CYCLED ONCE, AND ALL GEAR RETRACTED AND EXTENDED NORMALLY. GEAR ANNUNCIATOR LIGHTS AND AURAL WARNING WORKED NORMALLY.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.