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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech A36TC · Bend, OR · September 7, 2012

Date
September 7, 2012 · 15:30 local
Place
Bend, OR
Airport
Bend Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N99VM
Reported as
Beech A36TC
Reported engine
Continental TSIO-520 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,200 total1,100 in this make and model30 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.

Pilot in command failed to place the landing gear lever to the down position due to a distraction on the radio frequency. As a result, the A36TC aircraft landed with the gear not down and locked.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO PLACE THE LANDING GEAR LEVER TO THE DOWN POSITION DUE TO A DISTRACTION ON THE RADIO FREQUENCY. AS A RESULT, THE A36TC AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH THE GEAR NOT DOWN AND LOCKED.

Other reports on N99VM · 3

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