# Incident 20090915018719I: Cadwel EPICLT, Kennewick, WA, September 15, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 2009, 13:40 local time
- Place: Kennewick, WA
- Airport: Vista Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.2186° N, 119.2100° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Vista Field, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.2186&lon=-119.2100&mi=10
- Aircraft: N89CL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N89CL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cadwell Carlton EPIC LT (registry code 056190A, https://openairdocs.org/model/cadwell-carlton-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: CADWEL EPICLT
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A67A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,100 total, 700 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090915018719I

## Narrative

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

IN AN EXPERIMENTAL MARKET SURVEY TURBINE POWERED AIRPLANE, ON APPROACH TO RUNWAY PILOT LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR CONTROL.  HE BECAME DISTRACTED AND DID NOT NOTICE THAT THE GEAR DID NOT ACTUATE.  AFTER THE LANDING FLAIR THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED ONTO THE RUNWAY AND SLIDE TO A STOP.  PILOT, WIFE, AND DAUGHTER ONBOARD RECEIVED NO INJURIES.  POST LANDING INSPECTON SHOWED THAT THE ELECTRICALLY DRIVEN LANDING GEAR MOTOR DID NOT WORK.  THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED LITTLE DAMAGE TO FUSELAGE SKIN.  MAJORITY OF THE SLIDE WAS ABSORBED BY THE FLAP HINGE ARMS AND THE FLAP TRAILING EDGE.

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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