# Incident 20130930023129I: Smith AEROSTAR 600, San Juan, PR, September 30, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 2013, 17:36 local time
- Place: San Juan, PR
- Airport: Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 18.4568° N, 66.0985° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FERNANDO LUIS RIBAS DOMINICCI (SIG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.4568&lon=-66.0985&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8025J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8025J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Smith AEROSTAR 600 (registry code 8360602, https://openairdocs.org/model/smith-aerostar-600) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SMITH AEROSTAR 600
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130930023129I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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