What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Pilot was relocating aircraft from Wichita KS. Midcontinet airport(ict) to jabara airport (aao) following maintenance. In the pattern at aao, the pilot was distracted by another aircraft, made approach and failed to lower the landing gear, heard noise upon contact with surface, applied power and regained airspeed and altitude. The pilot called ict for clearance to return to ict and made normal landing. After shutdown examination of aircraft, revealed that the left and right prop blade tips and left and right flap inboard tips were damaged. The aircraft received minor damage and there were no injuries.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT WAS RELOCATING AIRCRAFT FROM WICHITA KS. MIDCONTINET AIRPORT(ICT) TO JABARA AIRPORT (AAO) FOLLOWING MAINTENANCE. IN THE PATTERN AT AAO, THE PILOT WAS DISTRACTED BY ANOTHER AIRCRAFT, MADE APPROACH AND FAILED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR, HEARD NOISE UPON CONTACT WITH SURFACE, APPLIED POWER AND REGAINED AIRSPEED AND ALTITUDE. THE PILOT CALLED ICT FOR CLEARANCE TO RETURN TO ICT AND MADE NORMAL LANDING. AFTER SHUTDOWN EXAMINATION OF AIRCRAFT, REVEALED THAT THE LEFT AND RIGHT PROP BLADE TIPS AND LEFT AND RIGHT FLAP INBOARD TIPS WERE DAMAGED. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES.
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