# Incident 20090606010309I: Epic EPICLT, Hartford, CT, June 6, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 6, 2009, 21:12 local time
- Place: Hartford, CT
- Airport: Hartford-Brainard
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7367° N, 72.6494° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HARTFORD-BRAINARD (HFD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7367&lon=-72.6494&mi=10
- Aircraft: N67PT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N67PT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aviation Partners EPIC LT (registry code 05625L1, https://openairdocs.org/model/aviation-partners-epic-lt) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67A (registry code 52207, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-67a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EPIC EPICLT
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,526 total, 95 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090606010309I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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