# Incident 20151023023989I: Bellanca 14-13, Macon, GA, October 23, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 23, 2015, 17:00 local time
- Place: Macon, GA
- Airport: Macon Downtown Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8218° N, 83.5619° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MACON DOWNTOWN (MAC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8218&lon=-83.5619&mi=10
- Aircraft: N74267, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N74267) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 14-13 (registry code 1201002, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-14-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Franklin 6A4150 series (registry code 27024, https://openairdocs.org/engine/franklin-6a4150-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA 14-13
- Reported engine: FRANKLIN 6A4150 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 150 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151023023989I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED THAT HE BECAME DISTRACTED DURING HIS APPROACH INTO THE AIRPORT AND FORGOT TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR. PILOT STATES THAT HE USED THE LANDING CHECK LIST BUT STILL BECAME DISTRACTED AND DID NOT EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR. PILOT WAS VERY COOPERATIVE AND FORTH COMING IN HIS DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS INCIDENT AND TOOK RESPONSIBILITY FOR HIS LACK OF APPROPRIATE ACTION TAKEN JUST PRIOR TO THE OCURRANCE OF THIS INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N74267 (1)

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

- [Accident 19730203001269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730203001269A), Feb 3, 1973: Blanca 1413 (N74267), Erwinna, PA, Substantial damage. Wind gusting 33K.both wings dmgd.

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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