20161026017219I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech D-45 · Marina, CA · October 26, 2016

Date
October 26, 2016 · 16:30 local
Place
Marina, CA
Airport
Marina
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N341MN
Reported as
Beech D-45
Reported engine
NONE NONE
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
500 total50 in this make and model24 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 stated that he was practicing landings at Marina Airport (oar) and on the fourth landing and decided to do a power off landing. As he went through his landing checklist he decided to leave the gear up to until final approch but he forgot to lower the gear prior to touchdown.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS PRACTICING LANDINGS AT MARINA AIRPORT (OAR) AND ON THE FOURTH LANDING AND DECIDED TO DO A POWER OFF LANDING. AS HE WENT THROUGH HIS LANDING CHECKLIST HE DECIDED TO LEAVE THE GEAR UP TO UNTIL FINAL APPROCH BUT HE FORGOT TO LOWER THE GEAR PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN.