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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cooper John H LANCAIR 235 · Ashville, NC · February 18, 2016

Date
February 18, 2016 · 12:10 local
Place
Ashville, NC
Airport
Asheville Regional
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N10CF
Reported as
Cooper John H Lancair 235
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
507 total110 in this make and model5 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.

The pilot reported that he was practicing engine out landings and that this changed his normal landing routine. He subsequently forgot to extend the landing gear and landed with the gear retracted. After raising the aircraft, when the landing gear selector handle was moved to the extend position, the landing gear extended normally. The pilot said that he had no preimpact mechanical malfunctions. Damage to the aircraft was limited to the lower engine cowling, left and right lower main landing gear doors, and left and right brake rotors and calipers.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE WAS PRACTICING ENGINE OUT LANDINGS AND THAT THIS CHANGED HIS NORMAL LANDING ROUTINE. HE SUBSEQUENTLY FORGOT TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR AND LANDED WITH THE GEAR RETRACTED. AFTER RAISING THE AIRCRAFT, WHEN THE LANDING GEAR SELECTOR HANDLE WAS MOVED TO THE EXTEND POSITION, THE LANDING GEAR EXTENDED NORMALLY. THE PILOT SAID THAT HE HAD NO PREIMPACT MECHANICAL MALFUNCTIONS. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIMITED TO THE LOWER ENGINE COWLING, LEFT AND RIGHT LOWER MAIN LANDING GEAR DOORS, AND LEFT AND RIGHT BRAKE ROTORS AND CALIPERS.

Other reports on N10CF · 1

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