# Incident 20120418007409I: Purpura Sam EUROPA XS, Ramona, CA, April 18, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 18, 2012, 11:43 local time
- Place: Ramona, CA
- Airport: Ramona
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.0392° N, 116.9153° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RAMONA (RNM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0392&lon=-116.9153&mi=10
- Aircraft: N77EU, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N77EU) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Purpura Sam EUROPA XS (registry code 05612KO, https://openairdocs.org/model/purpura-sam-europa-xs) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PURPURA SAM EUROPA XS
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 6,200 total, 400 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120418007409I

## Narrative

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

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).

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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