# Incident 20100609034609I: Smith AEROSTAR 60, Dothan, AL, June 9, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 9, 2010, 22:32 local time
- Place: Dothan, AL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.2232° N, 85.3905° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dothan, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.2232&lon=-85.3905&mi=10
- Aircraft: N20LR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N20LR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Smith AEROSTAR 601P (registry code 8360608, https://openairdocs.org/model/smith-aerostar-601p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SMITH AEROSTAR 60
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 21,800 total, 16,000 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100609034609I

## Narrative

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

THIS WAS A PART 91 FLIGHT FROM SIKESTON MO TO DOTHAN, AL.  APPROACHING THE AIRPORT ON FINAL THE PILOT SELECTED 10 DERGEES OF FLAPS AND SLOWED.  HE THEN SELECTED AN ADDITTIONAL 10 DEGREES OF FLAPS AND MOVED THE GEAR HANDLE DOWN.  FINAL FLAPS WERE SELECTED ON SHORT FINAL.  THE PILOT WAS WEARING A HEADSET AND DID NOT HEAR THE GEAR WARNING HORN PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN.  THE PASSENGERS STATED THEY HEARD A MOMENTARY FAINT HORN BLOW JUST PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN.  JUST PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN THE PILOT REALIZED THAT THE GEAR WAS NOT DOWN AND STARTED TO ADD POWER TO GO AROUND BUT THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN AND THE PILOT RETARDED THE POWER.  THE AIRCRAFT SLID TO AN UNEVENTFULL STOP.  THE PILOT LATER REALIZED THAT HE HAD MOVED THE GEAR HANDLE FROM THE RAISED POSITION TO THE NEUTRAL POSITION.

## Other reports on N20LR (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19800902069399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800902069399I), Sep 2, 1980: Piper 601PSMITH (N20LR), Sioux City, IA, Minor damage. Nose gear would not extend due to broken steering linkage.

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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