# Incident 20160329002279I: North American T-28A, Fargo, ND, March 29, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 29, 2016, 11:40 local time
- Place: Fargo, ND
- Airport: Hector International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.9206° N, 96.8157° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HECTOR INTL (FAR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.9206&lon=-96.8157&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9103F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9103F-2018-03-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: North American T-28A (registry code 6402504, https://openairdocs.org/model/north-american-t-28a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Wright R-1820 series (registry code 67020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/wright-r-1820-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NORTH AMERICAN T-28A
- Reported engine: WRIGHT R-1820 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 622 total, 39 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160329002279I

## Narrative

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

ON 3/29/2016, AT APPROXIMATELY 11:40 AM, THE AIRCRAFT WAS EN-ROUTE TO FAR AS A FLIGHT OF THREE AIRCRAFT.  UPON ARRIVAL AT FAR, THIS AIRCRAFT WAS NUMBER THREE AFTER ?THE BREAK?.  THE PILOT STATED HE WAS GOING THROUGH HIS LANDING CHECKLIST BUT WAS DISTRACTED WITH KEEPING HIS LANDING PATTERN TIGHT TO ACCOMMODATE OTHER TRAFFIC.  IN DOING SO, THE PILOT FAILED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR.  AS THE PROPELLER HAD CONTACTED THE RUNWAY, FARGO ATC NOTIFIED N9103F THAT HIS LANDING GEAR WAS NOT EXTENDED.  THE AIRCRAFT HAD ENOUGH AIRSPEED TO ALLOW THE PILOT TO FLARE, EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR, AND LAND.

## Other reports on N9103F (1)

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

- [Accident 20170702009869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170702009869A), Jul 2, 2017: North American T-28A (N9103F), Moorhead, MN, Destroyed, 1 fatal. The accident aircraft had departed fargo (kfar) for pelican rapids, MN at approximately 1803 CDT from runway 31 and climbed to 1800 feet MSL. (900 feet above…

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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