# Incident 20110108001249I: Watson Mich VELOCITY EL, Sebring, FL, January 8, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 8, 2011, 11:30 local time
- Place: Sebring, FL
- Airport: Sebring Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.4564° N, 81.3424° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SEBRING RGNL (SEF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.4564&lon=-81.3424&mi=10
- Aircraft: N104MW (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: WATSON MICH VELOCITY EL
- Reported engine: FRANKLIN 6A-350SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 534 total, 302 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110108001249I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT HAD A GEARS UP LANDING.  MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.  INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE PROBABLE CAUSE WAS A FAULTY AIR SPEED SWITCH THAT PREVENTS POWER GOING TO THE LANDING GEAR PUMP MOTOR. THE AIR SWITCH IS SET AT 80 KNOTS TO PREVENT ACCIDENTAL RETRACT OF THE GEAR UNTIL THIS SPEED IS ACHIEVED.  A FAULTY SWITCH WOULD ALLOW THE GEAR TO RETRACT AT ANY SPEED BELOW 80 KNOTS IF THE GEAR SELECT SWITCH WAS POSITIONED INCORRECTLY OR IF THE PILOT ACCIDENTLY TRIED TO ACTIVATE THE SPEED BRAKE AND MOVED THE GEAR SWITCH INTO THE GEAR RETRACT BY MISTAKE.

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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