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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Williamson William H AVENTURA II · Cearwater, FL · May 27, 2013

Date
May 27, 2013 · 10:08 local
Place
Cearwater, FL
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N882WW
Reported as
Williamson William H Aventura II
Reported engine
ROTAX 912ULS
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
29 total29 in this make and model29 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 stated he was having radio problems trying to contact tower. He tried several radios. In the process of trying to figure out the radio problem he forgot to lower the landing gear. Minor damage to the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STATED HE WAS HAVING RADIO PROBLEMS TRYING TO CONTACT TOWER. HE TRIED SEVERAL RADIOS. IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE RADIO PROBLEM HE FORGOT TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR. MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.