32.1276° N, 81.2021° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at SAVANNAH/HILTON HEAD INTL (SAV), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
May 23, 2015 · 17:56 local
Place
Savannah, GA
Airport
Savannah/Hilton Head International
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N491LC
Reported as
Gallup Lynn Winfield Velocity 173RG
Reported engine
Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
4,606 total150 in this make and model23 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 the nose gear still retracted. The pilot also made several attempts to cycle the gears through but could not get the gear to extend. Pilot landed aircraft at ksav on runway 10 safely with no injuries to self and passenger with only minor damage to the aircraft.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT LANDED AIRCRAFT WITH THE NOSE GEAR STILL RETRACTED. THE PILOT ALSO MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO CYCLE THE GEARS THROUGH BUT COULD NOT GET THE GEAR TO EXTEND. PILOT LANDED AIRCRAFT AT KSAV ON RUNWAY 10 SAFELY WITH NO INJURIES TO SELF AND PASSENGER WITH ONLY MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.