# Incident 20120428006899I: Rockwell International 114, Defuniak Spring, FL, April 28, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 2012, 11:00 local time
- Place: Defuniak Spring, FL
- Airport: Defuniak Springs
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.7311° N, 86.1538° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DEFUNIAK SPRINGS (54J), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.7311&lon=-86.1538&mi=10
- Aircraft: N114JA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N114JA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Rockwell International 114 (registry code 7630314, https://openairdocs.org/model/rockwell-international-114) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL 114
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120428006899I

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 28, 2012, AT 1100 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A AEROCOMMANDER-114, N114JA, MADE A GEAR-UP LANDING  AT  DEFUNIAK SPRINGS, FLA,  THE PILOT RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES, AND THE AIRCRAFT INCURRED MINOR DAMAGE.THE PILOT STATED THAT HE ENTERED A 45 DEGREE LEFT DOWNWIND PATTERN FOR DEFUNIAK SPRINGS, AND STARTED SLOWING THE AIRCRAFT TO PATTERN SPEED WITH 10 DEGREE OF FLAPS. ANOTHER CESSNA 182 WAS CLOSING AT ABOUT ONE MILE BEHIND, AND RADIOED THAT IT WAS ENTERING THE SAME PATTERN.   ABOUT THE TIME THE OTHER AIRCRAFT CALLED LEFT BASE FOR RUNWAY 09.  I WAS USING A PRINTED CHECKLIST ON DOWNWIND TO BASE AND WAS MONENTARILY INTERRUPTED BY A RADIO TRANSMISSION FROM SOMEONE ASKING IF AN AIR SHOW IS IN PROGRESS AT DEFUNIAK SPRINGS.MY AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN WITHOUT THE LANDING GEAR EXTENDED AND SLID APPROXIMATELY 200 YARDS ON THE TWO REAR STEPS, LEFT AND RIGHT MUFFLERS, AND NOSE GEAR DOORS. AN INSPECTOR FROM THIS OFFICE PERFORMED AN ON SITE EXAMINATION OF THE INCIDENT SITE, AND DISCOVERED THAT THE AIRCRAFT ENTRANCE DOOR, STEPS AND THE NOSE GEAR DOORS WERE DAMAGED. PICTURES WERE TAKEN OF THE INCIDENT. THERE WAS NO OTHER DAMAGE NOTED.

## Other reports on N114JA (1)

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

- [Incident 20121029025619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121029025619I), Oct 29, 2012: Rockwell International 114 (N114JA), Brunswick, GA, No damage. The aircraft departed from Brunswick Golden Isles Airport, Georgia (bqk) flying to blackwell field (71J), Alabama and developed low power on climb out. The…

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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