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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech G33 · Venice, FL · August 23, 2013

Date
August 23, 2013 · 09:15 local
Place
Venice, FL
Airport
Venice Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N48JL
Reported as
Beech G33
Reported engine
Continental I0-470 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
650 total400 in this make and model20 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.

During approach pilot got distracted by another aircraft that was not familiar with Venice airport and found it hard to understand radio calls. He and two other aircraft in the area continued around the pattern trying to advise that pilot and during this distraction, he forgot to lower the gear during landing.

As the FAA filed it

DURING APPROACH PILOT GOT DISTRACTED BY ANOTHER AIRCRAFT THAT WAS NOT FAMILIAR WITH VENICE AIRPORT AND FOUND IT HARD TO UNDERSTAND RADIO CALLS. HE AND TWO OTHER AIRCRAFT IN THE AREA CONTINUED AROUND THE PATTERN TRYING TO ADVISE THAT PILOT AND DURING THIS DISTRACTION, HE FORGOT TO LOWER THE GEAR DURING LANDING.