# Accident 20090617009249A: Dornie ALPHAJET, Arlington, WA, June 17, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 2009, 17:45 local time
- Place: Arlington, WA
- Airport: Arlington Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.1608° N, 122.1589° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.1608&lon=-122.1589&mi=10
- Aircraft: N707XA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N707XA-2015-03-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dornier ALPHA-JET (registry code 2995001, https://openairdocs.org/model/dornier-alpha-jet) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Snecma LARZAC-04-C20 (registry code 57301, https://openairdocs.org/engine/snecma-larzac-04-c20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DORNIE ALPHAJET
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20,000 total, 108 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR09CA294](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09CA294) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090617009249A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD MADE THREE TRANSMISSION OF HIS POSITION AND INTENT AND HAD HEARD NO RESPONSE.  THE PILOT STATED THAT WHEN HE WAS APPROACHING THE ABEAM POSITION ON RIGHT DOWNWIND TO RUNWAY 16 HE SAW A LIGHT AIRCRAFT APPROXIMATELY ONE THIRD OF THE WAY DOWN RUNWAY 16.  THE PILOT STATED THAT HE DISCOVERED HE WAS ONE DIGIT OFF THE FREQUENCY 122.7.  THE PILOT STATED THAT HE SWITCH FREQUENCY AND MADE A TRANSMISSION OF HIS POSITION AND INTENT.  THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS DISTRACTED BY THE AIRCRAFT ON THE RUNWAY AND SIMPLY FORGOT TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB WPR09CA294](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09CA294), Jun 17, 2009: Dornier ALPHA-JET (N707XA), Arlington, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to lower the landing gear prior to landing. Contributing to the accident were the distractions created by the pilot incorrectly setting a radio frequency and by his fixation on an…

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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