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Date
March 28, 2014 · 09:30 local
Place
New Smyrna Beac, FL
Airport
New Smyrna Beach
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5410
Reported as
Osullivan Michael Spitfire MK 26B
Reported engine
Amateur-built GM LS2
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,100 total200 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.
Pilot landed aircraft with landing gears not fully extended and locked. Pilot advised that he had green lights for the landing gears and had the lever in that position but we were unable to verify after the fact and when the aircraft was lifted, the landing gears extended and locked with no problem.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT LANDED AIRCRAFT WITH LANDING GEARS NOT FULLY EXTENDED AND LOCKED. PILOT ADVISED THAT HE HAD GREEN LIGHTS FOR THE LANDING GEARS AND HAD THE LEVER IN THAT POSITION BUT WE WERE UNABLE TO VERIFY AFTER THE FACT AND WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIFTED, THE LANDING GEARS EXTENDED AND LOCKED WITH NO PROBLEM.