20130119001019I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Nanchang China CJ-6A · Tuscaloosa, AL · January 19, 2013

Date
January 19, 2013 · 15:30 local
Place
Tuscaloosa, AL
Airport
Tuscaloosa Regional Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5616N
Reported as
Nanchang China CJ-6A
Reported engine
Vendeneyev M-14P
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
7,254 total137 in this make and model5 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.

The pilot failed to lower landing gear on approach. The airplane touched down approx 800 feet down the 4000 foot runway and slid approx 1150 feet. The propeller and both flaps were damaged but there was little structural damage to the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT FAILED TO LOWER LANDING GEAR ON APPROACH. THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN APPROX 800 FEET DOWN THE 4000 FOOT RUNWAY AND SLID APPROX 1150 FEET. THE PROPELLER AND BOTH FLAPS WERE DAMAGED BUT THERE WAS LITTLE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.