# Incident 20151025019389I: Nanchang China CJ-6, Reno, NV, October 25, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 2015, 15:30 local time
- Place: Reno, NV
- Airport: Reno/Tahoe/Stead
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5296° N, 119.8138° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Reno, NV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5296&lon=-119.8138&mi=10
- Aircraft: N68WH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N68WH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Nanchang China CJ-6 (registry code 05628VC, https://openairdocs.org/model/nanchang-china-cj-6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NANCHANG CHINA CJ-6
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,913 total, 825 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151025019389I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT STATED, WHEN RETURNING FROM FLX HE ENTERED THE TRAFFIC PATTERN TO RUNWAY 26 AT RTS. THE WEATHER WAS VFR WITH WINDS AT 22 KNOTS GUSTING TO 35 IN A QUARTERING CROSS WIND FROM THE LEFT.  AS APPROACHING THE RIGHT BASE TURN, THE PILOTS ATTENTION WAS DRAWN TO THE LANDING TRAFFIC.  THIS DISTRACTION OCCURRED AT THE POINT THAT THE PILOT WOULD NORMALLY LOWER THE LANDING GEAR.  THE PILOT LOWERED THE FLAPS ON  FINAL AND WAS FOCUSED ON THE RUNWAY CENTER LINE DUE TO THE GUSTY WIND CONDITIONS.  THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDING CHECKLIST WAS IN THE PILOTS HAND DURING THE ABOVE LANDING SEQUENCE.

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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