# Incident 20110322005269I: Rockwell International 114A, Merced, CA, March 22, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 22, 2011, 14:10 local time
- Place: Merced, CA
- Airport: Merced Mccredy
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3114° N, 120.4704° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Merced, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3114&lon=-120.4704&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5900N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5900N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Rockwell International 114A (registry code 7630315, https://openairdocs.org/model/rockwell-international-114a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL 114A
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,990 total, 1,330 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/20110322005269I

## Narrative

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

ON MAR 22, 2010 THE COMM RATED PILOT FLEW N5900N FOR SOME INSTRUMENT APPROACH TRAINING. ON A NON-PRECISION GPS TO RWY 30 @MCE, THE PILOT DECIDED TO CIRCLE TO LAND ON 12 DUE TO WINDS. HE RAISED THE GEAR ON THE GO-AROUND. HE OVERSHOT THE PATTERN ALTITUDE AND THEN REDUCED POWER TO DESCEND BACK TO THE PATTERN. HE DISABLED HIS "GEAR WARNING HORN" AT THAT TIME.HE THEREFORE CONTINUED THE PATTERN APPROACH TO LAND ON RWY 12, YET FORGOT THE GEAR. HE REALISED IT JUST AT THE FLARE, SO HE WENT AROUND SUCESSFULLY, YET BADLY DAMAGED HIS PROPELLOR. (STATEMENT PROVIDED)

## Other reports on N5900N (1)

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

- [Incident 20081118851839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081118851839I), Nov 18, 2008: Rkwell 114A (N5900N), Merced, CA, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot stated he just forgot to put the gear down. He was wearing a set of boise handsets and that is why he did not hear the warning horn that the gear…

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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