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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Stol UC-1 · Bartow, FL · April 11, 2013

Date
April 11, 2013 · 11:00 local
Place
Bartow, FL
Airport
Bartow Municipal
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N123BR
Reported as
Stol UC-1
Reported engine
Lycoming I0360 B1D
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
4,000 total1,100 in this make and model55 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 departed Bartow airport with passenger and raised the gear. On departure the pilot realized he'd forgotten his cell phone & returned to bow airport, put the gear down, retrieved his phone & departed the airport. When the pilot raised the gear it did not retract. After troubleshooting, followed procedures for grass landing & landed adjacent to the runway, resulting in minor damage to the right-side sponson.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT DEPARTED BARTOW AIRPORT WITH PASSENGER AND RAISED THE GEAR. ON DEPARTURE THE PILOT REALIZED HE'D FORGOTTEN HIS CELL PHONE & RETURNED TO BOW AIRPORT, PUT THE GEAR DOWN, RETRIEVED HIS PHONE & DEPARTED THE AIRPORT. WHEN THE PILOT RAISED THE GEAR IT DID NOT RETRACT. AFTER TROUBLESHOOTING, FOLLOWED PROCEDURES FOR GRASS LANDING & LANDED ADJACENT TO THE RUNWAY, RESULTING IN MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT-SIDE SPONSON.