What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
privacy data omitted Was flying in preperation for an upcoming flight review which was due in June of 2012. privacy data omitted Departed the Tulare airport and flew around the area before returning for practice landings at Tulare. When privacy data omitted was approaching the airport he was listening to multiple aircraft in the Tulare area. privacy data omitted Stated that his attention was on the helicopter taxing parallel to the runway, and an airplane transmitting through the Tulare airspace at the same altitude as privacy data omitted but opposite direction. privacy data omitted Stated that he just became distracted from the other aircraft and forgot to put the gear handle down. The airplane landed on the runway and privacy data omitted continued to stear the airplane with rudder imput before he lost airflow over the rudders. The aircraft came to rest on the side of the runway.
As the FAA filed it
^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS FLYING IN PREPERATION FOR AN UPCOMING FLIGHT REVIEW WHICH WAS DUE IN JUNE OF 2012. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED THE TULARE AIRPORT AND FLEW AROUND THE AREA BEFORE RETURNING FOR PRACTICE LANDINGS AT TULARE. WHEN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS APPROACHING THE AIRPORT HE WAS LISTENING TO MULTIPLE AIRCRAFT IN THE TULARE AREA. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT HIS ATTENTION WAS ON THE HELICOPTER TAXING PARALLEL TO THE RUNWAY, AND AN AIRPLANE TRANSMITTING THROUGH THE TULARE AIRSPACE AT THE SAME ALTITUDE AS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ BUT OPPOSITE DIRECTION. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT HE JUST BECAME DISTRACTED FROM THE OTHER AIRCRAFT AND FORGOT TO PUT THE GEAR HANDLE DOWN. THE AIRPLANE LANDED ON THE RUNWAY AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CONTINUED TO STEAR THE AIRPLANE WITH RUDDER IMPUT BEFORE HE LOST AIRFLOW OVER THE RUDDERS. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.
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