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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Scaled Composites 151 · Mojave, CA · September 7, 2011

Date
September 7, 2011 · 11:00 local
Place
Mojave, CA
Airport
Mojave
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N151SC
Reported as
Scaled Composites 151
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-4B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
8,730 total165 in this make and model101 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.

09/07/11 Received notification from Scaled composites that one of their aircraft had been involved in an incident on rnwy 30 at kmhv airport. Requested additional information from director of flight test operations. At approx. 1100 LCL while on approach to rwy 30 at mhv the pilot of the aircraft had failed to extend the landing gear subsequently landing on the runway with the landing gear up. The flight was described as a supervised solo in the single seat experimental aircraft in preparation for recommendation of an authorization to act as pilot in command of an experimental r/d aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

09/07/11 RECEIVED NOTIFICATION FROM SCALED COMPOSITES THAT ONE OF THEIR AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN AN INCIDENT ON RNWY 30 AT KMHV AIRPORT. REQUESTED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM DIRECTOR OF FLIGHT TEST OPERATIONS. AT APPROX. 1100 LCL WHILE ON APPROACH TO RWY 30 AT MHV THE PILOT OF THE AIRCRAFT HAD FAILED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR SUBSEQUENTLY LANDING ON THE RUNWAY WITH THE LANDING GEAR UP. THE FLIGHT WAS DESCRIBED AS A SUPERVISED SOLO IN THE SINGLE SEAT EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT IN PREPARATION FOR RECOMMENDATION OF AN AUTHORIZATION TO ACT AS PILOT IN COMMAND OF AN EXPERIMENTAL R/D AIRCRAFT.

Other reports on N151SC · 2

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