# Incident 20110128002939I: Bensen B-8M, Sugarland, TX, January 28, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 28, 2011, 13:24 local time
- Place: Sugarland, TX
- Airport: Sugar Land Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.6222° N, 95.6565° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SUGAR LAND RGNL (SGR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6222&lon=-95.6565&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5434, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5434-2013-03-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bensen B-8M (registry code 1300516, https://openairdocs.org/model/bensen-b-8m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BENSEN B-8M
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 9,750 total, 200 in this make and model, 57 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110128002939I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT LANDED WITH THE GEAR RETRACTED.   THE PILOT ADMITTED THAT WHILE ON FINAL HE GOT DISTRACTED AND FAILED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR.  HE WAS THE ONLY OCCUPANT AND DID NOT SUFFER ANY INJURIES.  THE UNDERSIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT HAD MINIMAL DAMAGE TO INCLUDE ANTENNAS THAT WERE BROKE OFF AND THE SEAMS BETWEEN PANELS HAD BEEN GROUND DOWN.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.