# Incident 20151127021409I: Bellanca 14-19-3, Auburn, WA, November 27, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 27, 2015, 14:20 local time
- Place: Auburn, WA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.3046° N, 122.2105° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Auburn, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.3046&lon=-122.2105&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8861R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8861R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 14-19-3 (registry code 3080106, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-14-19-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA 14-19-3
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 422 total, 196 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151127021409I

## Narrative

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

PIC ENTERED LEFT DOWNWIND PATTERN FOR A RNWY 34 LANDING AHEAD OF A MAULE AIRCRAFT THAT HAD JUST WENT AROUND FOR WILDLIFE ON RNWY.  PIC HAD CHECKED GEAR DOWN PRIOR TO PATTERN ENTRY.  ON FINAL, WILDLIFE WAS STILL ON RNWY AND PIC EXECUTED A GO-AROUND AND RAISED THE GEAR.  ON DOWNWIND LEG FOR ANOTHER LANDING ATTEMPT, PIC WAS DISTRACTED BY A RADIO CALL MADE BY AN AIRBORNE HELICOPTER.  PIC STATES HE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE RADIO CALL AND LOCATION OF THE HELICOPTER, ALONG WITH THE POSSIBILITY THE WILDLIFE WAS STILL ON THE RNWY.  PIC STATES DUE TO THESE DISTRACTIONS, HE FAILED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR, WHICH HE STATES HE NORMALLY DOES IN THIS PHASE OF FLIGHT. ON FINAL APPROACH PIC QUICKLY GLANCED AT THE GEAR INDICATOR LIGHTS (SITUATED BETWEEN THE TWO FRONT SEATS) AND MIS-IDENTIFIED GEAR POSITION.  DURING FLARE, PIC HEARD WARNING SOUND WHILE REDUCING POWER TO IDLE AND BELIEVED IT WAS THE STALL WARNING.  THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE RUNWAY IN A WHEELS UP CONFIGURATION.

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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