# Incident 20091121051529I: Phillips Ke SX300, Daytona Beach, FL, November 21, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 21, 2009, 11:30 local time
- Place: Daytona Beach, FL
- Airport: Daytona Beach International Ai
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.1799° N, 81.0580° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DAYTONA BEACH INTL (DAB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.1799&lon=-81.0580&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53SX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N53SX) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Phillips Keith Edward SX300 (registry code 05606CW, https://openairdocs.org/model/phillips-keith-edward-sx300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PHILLIPS KE SX300
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 14,000 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091121051529I

## Narrative

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

ON NOVEMBER 21, 2009 AT 1130 HOURS EDT AN EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR BUILT AIRCRAFT MODEL SX300, N53SX, REGISTERED TO KEITH E PHILLIPS, DEPARTED TITUSVILLE, FL AIRPORT IDENTIFIER TIX, FLYING TO SPRUCE CREEK AIRPORT IDENTIFIER 7FL6. THE PILOT STATED HE SELECTED THE LANDING GEAR DDOWN AND THE LEFT MAIN GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND. AFTER 1.5 OURS OF EXHAUSTING ALL METHIODS TO EXTEND THE LEFT GEAR HE ELECTED TO LAND GEAR UP AT DAYTONA BEACH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (DAB). AFTER LANDING THE INSPECTION REVEALED A FAILURE IN THE LANDING GEAR DOOR MECHANISM.  MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES.

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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