# Incident 20150917020509I: Canadian Car & Foundry HARVARD MK IV, Phoenix, AZ, September 17, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 2015, 17:12 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Airport: Deer Valley
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4484° N, 112.0740° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Phoenix, AZ, within about 13 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4484&lon=-112.0740&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15797, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N15797) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Canadian Car & Foundry HARVARD MK IV (registry code 1922828, https://openairdocs.org/model/canadian-car-foundry-harvard-mk-iv) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R1340 series (registry code 52016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r1340-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CANADIAN CAR & FOUNDRY HARVARD MK IV
- Reported engine: P&W R1340 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,830 total, 2,000 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150917020509I

## Narrative

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

DURING AN INTERVIEW THE PILOT STATED ?I WAS THE LAST AIRCRAFT IN A FLIGHT OF THREE T-6 AIRCRAFT.  WE APPROACHED DEER VALLEY AIRPORT AND ENTERED THE OVERHEAD PATTERN AND PITCHED OUT TO GET SPACING FOR LANDING.  THERE WAS A LOT OF RADIO CHATTER AND I MISSED A FREQUENCY CHANGE.  DURING THE PROCESS OF MANEUVERING FOR LANDING AND LISTENING TO THE RADIO AND MAINTAINING VISUAL SEPARATION FROM THE OTHER TWO AIRCRAFT I MOMENTARILY LOST MY SITUATIONAL AWARENESS AND GOT OUT OF SEQUENCE WITH MY NORMAL HABIT PATTERNS.  AS THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO SETTLE TO THE RUNWAY DURING LANDING I HEARD THE TING TING TING SOUND AS THE PROPELLER CONTACTED THE RUNWAY.  I IMMEDIATELY KNEW I HAD FORGOTTEN TO LOWER MY LANDING GEAR.  I ADDED POWER, RAISED THE NOSE AND LOWERED THE GEAR AND LANDED IN THE REMAINING RUNWAY AVAILABLE.  ONCE CLEAR OF THE RUNWAY AND SHUT DOWN MY FLYING COMPANIONS WERE ALL LAMENTING HOW THEY WERE ON THE RADIO TELLING ME THE GEAR WAS NOT DOWN.  LIKEWISE THE TOWER WAS TELLING ME THE GEAR WAS NOT DOWN BUT BECAUSE I HAD MISSED THE FREQUENCY CHANGE I WAS NOT HEARING THE WARNINGS.?  THE PROPELLER WAS REMOVED AND THE ENGINE INSPECTED.  THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IS AN A&P MECHANIC WITH AN IA RATING.  THE CRANKSHAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED.  ONLY THE PROPELLER TIPS WERE BENT.

## Other reports on N15797 (2)

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

- [Incident 20050624012071I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050624012071I), Jun 24, 2005: Namer HARVARDMK4 (N15797), Abilene, TX, Minor damage. (-23) On June 24, 2005, at approximately 11:50 CDT, a collision occurred between two aircraft on taxiway delta at Dyess air force base (dys), located in…
- [Incident 19950611021029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950611021029I), Jun 11, 1995: Namer HARVARDMK4 (N15797), Muscatine, IA, Minor damage. Ground looped on landing roll. Collapsed main gear. Damaged wing tip.

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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