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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Goodsell Vern XP-TALON · Prineville, OR · June 26, 2011

Date
June 26, 2011 · 14:10 local
Place
Prineville, OR
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N420XP
Reported as
Goodsell Vern XP-TALON
Reported engine
Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
3,130 total4 in this make and model10 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 Prineville, OR (S39) airport, xp talon, N420XP, s/n: AA-001, piloted by privacy data omitted, the aircraft made a gear up landing, exited the runway and came to rest off the side of the runway. There were no injuries, no fire, and no substantial damage to the aircraft or property. The aircraft was sequestered in an airport owned hangar. The NTSB considered the evnt to be an incident and released the aircraft to the owner. The owner stated that while he believes there may have been a mechanical issue with the aircraft landing gear, he failed to verify the position of the landing gear prior to touchdown.

As the FAA filed it

DURING LANDING AT PRINEVILLE, OR (S39) AIRPORT, XP TALON, N420XP, S/N: AA-001, PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, THE AIRCRAFT MADE A GEAR UP LANDING, EXITED THE RUNWAY AND CAME TO REST OFF THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES, NO FIRE, AND NO SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT OR PROPERTY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SEQUESTERED IN AN AIRPORT OWNED HANGAR. THE NTSB CONSIDERED THE EVNT TO BE AN INCIDENT AND RELEASED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE OWNER. THE OWNER STATED THAT WHILE HE BELIEVES THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A MECHANICAL ISSUE WITH THE AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR, HE FAILED TO VERIFY THE POSITION OF THE LANDING GEAR PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN.