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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bellanca 14-13-3 · Cleburne, TX · August 15, 2013

Date
August 15, 2013 · 22:02 local
Place
Cleburne, TX
Airport
Cleburne Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1413B
Reported as
Bellanca 14-13-3
Reported engine
Franklin 6A4150 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
942 total59 in this make and model14 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 failed to lower landing gear prior to landing. In this aircraft, the lower half of the wheel/tire is exposed when in the up position. The aircraft rolled on the exposed portions and only had damage to a verturi tube on the aircraft's belly and to the propeller.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT FAILED TO LOWER LANDING GEAR PRIOR TO LANDING. IN THIS AIRCRAFT, THE LOWER HALF OF THE WHEEL/TIRE IS EXPOSED WHEN IN THE UP POSITION. THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED ON THE EXPOSED PORTIONS AND ONLY HAD DAMAGE TO A VERTURI TUBE ON THE AIRCRAFT'S BELLY AND TO THE PROPELLER.