# Incident 20160419004119I: Navion NAVION G, Melbourne, FL, April 19, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 19, 2016, 14:50 local time
- Place: Melbourne, FL
- Airport: Melbourne
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.0836° N, 80.6081° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Melbourne, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0836&lon=-80.6081&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2443T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2443T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Navion NAVION G (registry code 6150120, https://openairdocs.org/model/navion-navion-g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520-C (registry code 17251, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NAVION NAVION G
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520-C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 140 total, 100 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/20160419004119I

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 20, 2016, N2443T, A NAVION AIRCRAFT, LANDED GEAR UP ON RUNWAY 9L AT MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.  THE PILOT WAS UNINJURED.

DURING A DISCUSSION WITH THE PILOT, HE ADMITTED TO NOT PLACING HIS GEAR SELECTOR IN THE DOWN POSITION, UNTIL AFTER THE AIRCRAFT HAD COME TO A STOP ON THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.  IT WASNT UNTIL THE FLARE THAT THE PILOT REMEMBERED HEARING THE GEAR WARNING HORN, AND BY THAT TIME HE WAS FOCUSED ON MAINTAINING THE CENTERLINE OF THE RUNWAY.

AN ASSESSMENT OF THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER AS WELL AS SURFACE SCRAPING DAMAGE TO THE FLAPS.  THERE WAS NO SIGN OF STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT OR TO THE PRIMARY FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES.

THE OWNERS MECHANIC WAS ABLE TO PLACE THE AIRCRAFT ON JACKS FOR AN OPERATIONAL CHECK OF THE GEAR SYSTEM WHICH INDICATED NO DEFECTS.

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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