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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Siai-Marche SF260 · Somerville, NJ · June 18, 2010

Date
June 18, 2010 · 14:30 local
Place
Somerville, NJ
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N71PA
Reported as
Siai-Marche SF260
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-540 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
9,047 total270 in this make and model150 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

During landing at somerset airport, somerset NJ (smq), the pilot failed to extend the landing gear. The aircraft landed on it's belly causing minor damage to the aircraft. There was only the pilot on board and there were no injuries. The weather was not a factor. The flight was being conducted under 14 CFR part-91.

As the FAA filed it

DURING LANDING AT SOMERSET AIRPORT, SOMERSET NJ (SMQ), THE PILOT FAILED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON IT'S BELLY CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THERE WAS ONLY THE PILOT ON BOARD AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE WEATHER WAS NOT A FACTOR. THE FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART-91.