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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Navion NAVION A · San Martin, CA · October 7, 2011

Date
October 7, 2011 · 16:30 local
Place
San Martin, CA
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4526K
Reported as
Navion Navion A
Reported engine
Continental O-470 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
29,200 total150 in this make and model22 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.

Airmen was returning from a six hour flight. He admitted fatigue and simply forgot to extend the landing gear. He heard the activation of the gear warning horn just prior to the sound of the propeller tips making contact with the runway.

As the FAA filed it

AIRMEN WAS RETURNING FROM A SIX HOUR FLIGHT. HE ADMITTED FATIGUE AND SIMPLY FORGOT TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR. HE HEARD THE ACTIVATION OF THE GEAR WARNING HORN JUST PRIOR TO THE SOUND OF THE PROPELLER TIPS MAKING CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY.