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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Epic EPIC LT · Hartford, CT · June 6, 2009

Date: June 6, 2009 · 21:12 local
Place: Hartford, CT
Airport: Hartford-Brainard
Phase of flight: Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N67PT
Reported as: Epic Epiclt
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,526 total95 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

N67PTRegistered now · Aviation Partners EPIC LTS/N 016 · Built 2008 Airframe modelAviation Partners EPIC LT Engine modelPratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67ATurbo-prop

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The pilot of N67PT, an experimental amateur built Epic lt, was operating the aircraft within the traffic pattern of Brainard airport (khfd) to maintain night currency. After approximately 3 traffic patterns the pilot departed runway 20 and entered left traffic. The pilot failed to properly lower the landing gear prior to contacting the runway surface. At the scene the landing gear handle was observed to be in the down position with the landing gear partially extended. The propeller and fuselage contacted runway 20 with the aircraft coming to rest west of the runway, approximately 180 degrees from runway 20.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT OF N67PT, AN EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR BUILT EPIC LT, WAS OPERATING THE AIRCRAFT WITHIN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN OF BRAINARD AIRPORT (KHFD) TO MAINTAIN NIGHT CURRENCY. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 3 TRAFFIC PATTERNS THE PILOT DEPARTED RUNWAY 20 AND ENTERED LEFT TRAFFIC. THE PILOT FAILED TO PROPERLY LOWER THE LANDING GEAR PRIOR TO CONTACTING THE RUNWAY SURFACE. AT THE SCENE THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE WAS OBSERVED TO BE IN THE DOWN POSITION WITH THE LANDING GEAR PARTIALLY EXTENDED. THE PROPELLER AND FUSELAGE CONTACTED RUNWAY 20 WITH THE AIRCRAFT COMING TO REST WEST OF THE RUNWAY, APPROXIMATELY 180 DEGREES FROM RUNWAY 20.