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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · North American NAVION · Culpeper, VA · July 24, 2013

Date
July 24, 2013 · 08:35 local
Place
Culpeper, VA
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N91531
Reported as
North American Navion
Reported engine
Continental E185
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
204 total100 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.

The pilot stated that he made a mistake and simply forgot to lower the landing gear. The pilot then stated that may have been distracted by a radio call from another aircraft stating that he was on approach to the opposite runway.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT STATED THAT HE MADE A MISTAKE AND SIMPLY FORGOT TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR. THE PILOT THEN STATED THAT MAY HAVE BEEN DISTRACTED BY A RADIO CALL FROM ANOTHER AIRCRAFT STATING THAT HE WAS ON APPROACH TO THE OPPOSITE RUNWAY.