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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech A36 · Los Banos, CA · August 11, 2009

Date: August 11, 2009 · 13:38 local
Place: Los Banos, CA
Airport: Los Banos Municipal
Phase of flight: Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N8204M
Reported as: Beech A36
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,860 total400 in this make and model90 in the last 90 days

N8204MRegistered now · Beech A36S/N E-2667 · Built 1991 Airframe modelBeech A36 Engine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

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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 instructor pilot stated that he was performing a simulated emergency over Los Banos airfield. The student pilot forgot to lower the landing gear. After the pilot made a turn towards the airfield he overshot the final approach course. At this time the instructor took over the flight controls but ignored the landing gear horn which was indicating that the gear was not lowered. The aircraft's propeller made contact with the runway surface followed by the aircraft skidding to a stop, resulting in a gear up landing.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS PERFORMING A SIMULATED EMERGENCY OVER LOS BANOS AIRFIELD. THE STUDENT PILOT FORGOT TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR. AFTER THE PILOT MADE A TURN TOWARDS THE AIRFIELD HE OVERSHOT THE FINAL APPROACH COURSE. AT THIS TIME THE INSTRUCTOR TOOK OVER THE FLIGHT CONTROLS BUT IGNORED THE LANDING GEAR HORN WHICH WAS INDICATING THAT THE GEAR WAS NOT LOWERED. THE AIRCRAFT'S PROPELLER MADE CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY SURFACE FOLLOWED BY THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDING TO A STOP, RESULTING IN A GEAR UP LANDING.