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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Smith AEROSTAR 600 · San Juan, PR · September 30, 2013

Date
September 30, 2013 · 17:36 local
Place
San Juan, PR
Airport
Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N8025J
Reported as
Smith Aerostar 600
Reported engine
Lycoming TI0-540 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot

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.

Pilotprivacy data omitted was practicing touch and go at Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci Airport when the local controller instructed N8025J to extend the downwind for traffic at which tme the pilot became distracted and failed to lower the landing gear. Consequently landed gear up. Upon interviewing the pilot he accepts his error.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO AT FERNANDO LUIS RIBAS DOMINICCI AIRPORT WHEN THE LOCAL CONTROLLER INSTRUCTED N8025J TO EXTEND THE DOWNWIND FOR TRAFFIC AT WHICH TME THE PILOT BECAME DISTRACTED AND FAILED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR. CONSEQUENTLY LANDED GEAR UP. UPON INTERVIEWING THE PILOT HE ACCEPTS HIS ERROR.