# Incident 20150522006879I: Grumman F8F-2, Delavan, WI, May 22, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 2015, 15:00 local time
- Place: Delavan, WI
- Airport: Lake Lawn
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6341° N, 88.6011° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKE LAWN (C59), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6341&lon=-88.6011&mi=10
- Aircraft: N68RW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N68RW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman F8F-2 (registry code 3950802, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-f8f-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-2800 series (registry code 52026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-2800-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMMAN F8F-2
- Reported engine: P & W R-2800 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,600 total, 140 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150522006879I

## Narrative

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

WHILE PREPAIRING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 18 CONFLICTING TRAFFIC RESULTED IN A GO-AROUND.  THE GEAR WAS RETRACTED AND PILOT RE-ENTERED DOWNWIND.  PILOT ADMITTS HE FORGOT TO LOWER THE GEAR.

## Other reports on N68RW (1)

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

- [Incident 20200829019042I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200829019042I), Aug 29, 2020: Grumman F8F-2 (N68RW), Wahiawa, HI, Minor damage. N68RW was taxiing into its parking spot when the propeller made contact with a fire bottle. The aircraft then looped around in a wide arc to the right and made…

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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