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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Purpura Sam EUROPA XS · Ramona, CA · April 18, 2012

Date
April 18, 2012 · 11:43 local
Place
Ramona, CA
Airport
Ramona
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N77EU
Reported as
Purpura Sam Europa XS
Reported engine
Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
6,200 total400 in this make and model35 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.

While practicing touch and go landings and takeoffs the airman failed to lower his landing gear resulting in the aircraft touching down on its belly. No injuries (pilot was only occupant in the aircraft).

As the FAA filed it

WHILE PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS AND TAKEOFFS THE AIRMAN FAILED TO LOWER HIS LANDING GEAR RESULTING IN THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHING DOWN ON ITS BELLY.NO INJURIES (PILOT WAS ONLY OCCUPANT IN THE AIRCRAFT).