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FAA incident report · Beech A45 · Gallup, NM · November 18, 2016

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Date
November 18, 2016 · 15:40 local
Place
Gallup, NM
Airport
Gallup Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4985
Reported as
Beech A45
Reported engine
Continental O-470 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,607 total474 in this make and model12 in the last 90 days
N4985Registered now · Beech A45S/N 34-125 · Built 1953Airframe modelBeech A45Engine modelContinental O-470 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On November 18, 2017, at 1540 MST, a Beechcraft A-45, N4985, landed with the landing gear up at Gallup Municipal Airport, Gallup, new Mexico, while on a recreational flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time, and no flight plan was filed. The aircraft sustained minor damage, and the certificated private pilot was not injured. The flight originated at Gallup, new Mexico, on November 18, 2016.

As the FAA filed it

ON NOVEMBER 18, 2017, AT 1540 MST, A BEECHCRAFT A-45, N4985, LANDED WITH THE LANDING GEAR UP AT GALLUP MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, GALLUP, NEW MEXICO, WHILE ON A RECREATIONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE, AND THE CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT GALLUP, NEW MEXICO, ON NOVEMBER 18, 2016.