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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Socata TB-20 TRINIDAD · Reno, NV · April 30, 2015

Date
April 30, 2015 · 11:55 local
Place
Reno, NV
Airport
Reno/Stead
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N63TB
Reported as
Socata TB-20 Trinidad
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-540 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,672 total1,477 in this make and model17 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.

Subsequent to a two hour pleasure flight, the pilot failed to extend the landing gear upon return to the departing airport. The aircraft was jacked and a gear swing determined that the throttle/flap landing gear warning system was inoperative.

As the FAA filed it

SUBSEQUENT TO A TWO HOUR PLEASURE FLIGHT, THE PILOT FAILED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR UPON RETURN TO THE DEPARTING AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS JACKED AND A GEAR SWING DETERMINED THAT THE THROTTLE/FLAP LANDING GEAR WARNING SYSTEM WAS INOPERATIVE.