What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
On December 23, 2011, the aircraft in which luis saavedra was acting as pilot-in-command made a gear up landing on runway 34L at the Manassas regional airport in Manassas Virginia. During this flight privacy data omitted was performing duties as a flight instructor in a Cessna 172 with retractable landing gear. The student had very little flight time and none in an aircraft with a retractable landing gear. According to statements from the pilots, on the third practice landing and while on approach, the landing checklist was interrupted and the gear may have been left up inadvertently. The following facts are supported by statements from the pilots as well as physical evidence from the aircraft and the runway:•after the aircraft came to a stop on the runway all three landing gear were still in their respective wheel wells.•impact marks on the runway indicate a prop strike at the first touchdown point 725 feet from approach end of runway and then again on the second point of touchdown at a point 375 feet further down the runway.•marks on the runway indicate paint from the undercarriage of the aircraft.•the tires/ landing gear from the aircraft were undamaged.•subsequent to the incident, dulles aviation maintenance swung the landing gear which operated normally.
As the FAA filed it
ON DECEMBER 23, 2011, THE AIRCRAFT IN WHICH LUIS SAAVEDRA WAS ACTING AS PILOT-IN-COMMAND MADE A GEAR UP LANDING ON RUNWAY 34L AT THE MANASSAS REGIONAL AIRPORT IN MANASSAS VIRGINIA.DURING THIS FLIGHT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS PERFORMING DUTIES AS A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR IN A CESSNA 172 WITH RETRACTABLE LANDING GEAR. THE STUDENT HAD VERY LITTLE FLIGHT TIME AND NONE IN AN AIRCRAFT WITH A RETRACTABLE LANDING GEAR.ACCORDING TO STATEMENTS FROM THE PILOTS, ON THE THIRD PRACTICE LANDING AND WHILE ON APPROACH, THE LANDING CHECKLIST WAS INTERRUPTED AND THE GEAR MAY HAVE BEEN LEFT UP INADVERTENTLY.THE FOLLOWING FACTS ARE SUPPORTED BY STATEMENTS FROM THE PILOTS AS WELL AS PHYSICAL EVIDENCE FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND THE RUNWAY:•AFTER THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY ALL THREE LANDING GEAR WERE STILL IN THEIR RESPECTIVE WHEEL WELLS.•IMPACT MARKS ON THE RUNWAY INDICATE A PROP STRIKE AT THE FIRST TOUCHDOWN POINT 725 FEET FROM APPROACH END OF RUNWAY AND THEN AGAIN ON THE SECOND POINT OF TOUCHDOWN AT A POINT 375 FEET FURTHER DOWN THE RUNWAY.•MARKS ON THE RUNWAY INDICATE PAINT FROM THE UNDERCARRIAGE OF THE AIRCRAFT.•THE TIRES/ LANDING GEAR FROM THE AIRCRAFT WERE UNDAMAGED.•SUBSEQUENT TO THE INCIDENT, DULLES AVIATION MAINTENANCE SWUNG THE LANDING GEAR WHICH OPERATED NORMALLY.
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