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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Nanchang China CJ-6 · Millington, TN · January 29, 2012

Date
January 29, 2012 · 15:00 local
Place
Millington, TN
Airport
Charles Baker
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N269P
Reported as
Nanchang China CJ-6
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
700 total40 in this make and model40 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.

N269P departed general dewitt spain airport at 1430 on 29 January, 2012, to practice landings. privacy data omitted Received a weather briefing from AWOS, and it reported clear skies and visibility greater than 10 miles. privacy data omitted Practiced approximately three landings when the pattern began to fill up, so privacy data omitted flew to Charles barker airport to finish his practice landings. He entered the pattern and found a red rv was also using the pattern to practice landings. privacy data omitted Performed three full stop landings and one touch and go. During the last landing, privacy data omitted failed to ensure that the landing gear indicators (red & white poles that extend above the top of the wings) or the landing gear lights in the cocklpit indicated that the landing gear was down prior to performing his landing. The aircraft hit the runway with the gear up and damaged the propeller, engine and the flap assembly.

As the FAA filed it

N269P DEPARTED GENERAL DEWITT SPAIN AIRPORT AT 1430 ON 29 JANUARY, 2012, TO PRACTICE LANDINGS. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ RECEIVED A WEATHER BRIEFING FROM AWOS, AND IT REPORTED CLEAR SKIES AND VISIBILITY GREATER THAN 10 MILES. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PRACTICED APPROXIMATELY THREE LANDINGS WHEN THE PATTERN BEGAN TO FILL UP, SO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FLEW TO CHARLES BARKER AIRPORT TO FINISH HIS PRACTICE LANDINGS. HE ENTERED THE PATTERN AND FOUND A RED RV WAS ALSO USING THE PATTERN TO PRACTICE LANDINGS. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PERFORMED THREE FULL STOP LANDINGS AND ONE TOUCH AND GO. DURING THE LAST LANDING, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FAILED TO ENSURE THAT THE LANDING GEAR INDICATORS (RED & WHITE POLES THAT EXTEND ABOVE THE TOP OF THE WINGS) OR THE LANDING GEAR LIGHTS IN THE COCKLPIT INDICATED THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN PRIOR TO PERFORMING HIS LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT HIT THE RUNWAY WITH THE GEAR UP AND DAMAGED THE PROPELLER, ENGINE AND THE FLAP ASSEMBLY.