# Incident 20130918018849I: Spry Thomas C SH 2R GLASAIR, La Verne, CA, September 18, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 18, 2013, 10:50 local time
- Place: La Verne, CA
- Airport: Brackett
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0917° N, 117.7818° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BRACKETT FLD (POC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0917&lon=-117.7818&mi=10
- Aircraft: N71TC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N71TC-2025-10-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Spry Thomas C SH 2R GLASAIR (registry code 056559J, https://openairdocs.org/model/spry-thomas-c-sh-2r-glasair) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SPRY THOMAS C SH 2R GLASAIR
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 470 total, 50 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130918018849I

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 18. 2013 AT APPROXIMATELY 1050 PDT. A  SPRY THOMAS C SH-2R GLASAIR, REGISTRATION N71TC,  PILOTED BY AIRMAN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, PILOT CERTIFICATE #^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, LANDED ON RUNWAY 26L WITH ITS LANDING GEAR IN THE RETRACTED POSITION. THIS RESULTING IN A PROP STRIKE TO THE PAVEMENT AND A SUDDEN ENGINE STOPPAGE. THE PILOT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS UNINJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE. AIRCRAFT OPERATION PERSONNEL ASSISTED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IN TOWING AND REMOVAL OF THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE RUNWAY.

INSPECTORS FROM THIS OFFICE TRAVELLED TO POC AND SPOKE TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, HE STATED THAT IT WAS A NORMAL FLIGHT TILL HE STARTED TO EXTEND THE FLAPS. ACCORDING TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FLAPS DID NOT EXTEND AND HE WAS BUSY FIXING THE FLAP ISSUE, BEING UNABLE TO EXTEND FLAPS HE DECIDED TO PERFORM A NO FLAP LANDING. HE RECALLS LOOKING AT THE AIRSPEED FOR PROPER GEAR EXTENSION SPEED, HE THINKS THAT HE DID MOVE THE GEAR HANDLE TO THE DOWN POSITION, BUT DOES NOT RECALL SEEING THE GREEN GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION INDICATOR LIGHT.

UPON INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE WAS NOTED TO BE IN DOWN POSITION AND THE NOSE GEAR DOOR APPEARED TO BE IN CLOSED POSITION. MR. SWANN CLAIMS THAT HE DID NOT TOUCH ANY CONTROLS AFTER THE INCIDENT.

ON SEPTEMBER 20, 2013 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CALLED  LAX FSDO AND LEFT A VOICEMAIL CLAIMING THAT HE DISCOVERED THE FLAP SWITCH TO BE INOPERATIVE AND ALSO THE CIRCUIT BREAKER FOR THE GEAR WAS TRIPPED.

## Other reports on N71TC (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20120716016759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120716016759I), Jul 16, 2012: Spry Thomas C SH 2R GLASAIR (N71TC), La Verne, CA, Minor damage. On July 16, 2012, at approximately 10:52 PDT aircraft registration #N71TC landed on runway 26L at Brackett Field Airport in laverne, CA. The aircraft was…

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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