20111227029909I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Alden Richard C LANCAIR 320 · Burleson, TX · December 27, 2011

Date
December 27, 2011 · 17:34 local
Place
Burleson, TX
Airport
Ft Worth Spinks
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N425A
Reported as
Alden Richard C Lancair 320
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
297 total167 in this make and model3 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.

privacy data omitted Stated he was distracted by a radio call while executing his prelanding checklist and missed the step to lower the landing gear handle. When on final approach he began a second prelanding checklist and again was distracted by a radio call for cleranace to land long and did not complete the checklist.

As the FAA filed it

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED HE WAS DISTRACTED BY A RADIO CALL WHILE EXECUTING HIS PRELANDING CHECKLIST AND MISSED THE STEP TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE. WHEN ON FINAL APPROACH HE BEGAN A SECOND PRELANDING CHECKLIST AND AGAIN WAS DISTRACTED BY A RADIO CALL FOR CLERANACE TO LAND LONG AND DID NOT COMPLETE THE CHECKLIST.