# Incident 20120212001489I: Downer BELLANCA 14-19-3, Brainerd, MN, February 12, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 12, 2012, 12:00 local time
- Place: Brainerd, MN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.3553° N, 94.1984° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Brainerd, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.3553&lon=-94.1984&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8841R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8841R-2019-12-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Downer BELLANCA 14-19-3 (registry code 3080116, https://openairdocs.org/model/downer-bellanca-14-19-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOWNER BELLANCA 14-19-3
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 320 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120212001489I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS LANDING ON RWY 23 AT BRD ON 2-12-2012 AND FORGOT TO LOWER LANDING GEAR.  PILOT WAS PRACTICING SHORT FEILD LANDING AND HAD EXTRA POWER ON FINAL, COULD NOT HEAR GEAR HORN.  AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP WITH NO INJURIES AND MINIMUL DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N8841R (2)

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

- [Incident 19990611006979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990611006979I), Jun 11, 1999: Blanca 14193 (N8841R), Mattawa, WA, Minor damage. Acft brakes locked up on landing, and the acft ran off the rwy and went into the sagebrush. (-23) pilot unable to judge height above the ground within 10 feet.…
- [Incident 19980704015919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980704015919I), Jul 4, 1998: Blanca 14193 (N8841R), Mattawa, WA, Minor damage. Landed long and fast. Overran runway. Damaged gear and prop.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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