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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Aero Commander 200D · Kalispell, MT · August 5, 2012

Date
August 5, 2012 · 09:57 local
Place
Kalispell, MT
Airport
Glacier Park International
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2905T
Reported as
Aero Commander 200D
Reported engine
Continental IO-520 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
34,000 total100 in this make and model40 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.

During approch to landing left main gear would not extend completely. After several attempts to extend the main gear with normal procedures and emergency procedures the nose gear also failed to extend. Pilot elected to land gear up.

As the FAA filed it

DURING APPROCH TO LANDING LEFT MAIN GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND COMPLETELY.AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO EXTEND THE MAIN GEAR WITH NORMAL PROCEDURES AND EMERGENCY PROCEDURES THE NOSE GEAR ALSO FAILED TO EXTEND. PILOT ELECTED TO LAND GEAR UP.