# Incident 20130411005389I: Stol UC-1, Bartow, FL, April 11, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 11, 2013, 11:00 local time
- Place: Bartow, FL
- Airport: Bartow Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.8964° N, 81.8431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bartow, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.8964&lon=-81.8431&mi=10
- Aircraft: N123BR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N123BR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Stol UC-1 (registry code 8640202, https://openairdocs.org/model/stol-uc-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: STOL UC-1
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 B1D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 1,100 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130411005389I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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