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Date
August 12, 2011 · 14:05 local
Place
Plymouth, MA
Airport
Plymouth
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N459MA
Reported as
Socata TBM 700
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A series
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,220 total50 in this make and model50 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.
Pilot was returning from north adams and was teaching his son how to do an approach. Pilot forgot to lower the landing gear. When he realized that the landing gear was not down he executed a go-around and struck the runway with the propeller bending the tips of the propeller. No injuries. No damage to the airframe.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT WAS RETURNING FROM NORTH ADAMS AND WAS TEACHING HIS SON HOW TO DO AN APPROACH.PILOT FORGOT TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR. WHEN HE REALIZED THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS NOT DOWN HE EXECUTED A GO-AROUND AND STRUCK THE RUNWAY WITH THE PROPELLER BENDING THE TIPS OF THE PROPELLER. NO INJURIES. NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRFRAME.