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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Tecnam P2006T · Astoria, OR · June 12, 2017

Date
June 12, 2017 · 11:53 local
Place
Astoria, OR
Airport
Astoria Regional Airport
Phase of flight
Other, Specify
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N260JL
Reported as
Tecnam P2006T
Reported engine
ROTAX 912S3
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
1,865 total136 in this make and model149 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.

Instructor taxied clear of runway and conducted the after landing checklist and inadvertently selected the gear switch to the up position momentarily. Instructor immediately moved the selector to the gear down/ extended position. The aircraft momentarily tried to retract the gear and caused minor damage to the nose gear door and the door actuator linkage.

As the FAA filed it

INSTRUCTOR TAXIED CLEAR OF RUNWAY AND CONDUCTED THE AFTER LANDING CHECKLIST AND INADVERTENTLY SELECTED THE GEAR SWITCH TO THE UP POSITION MOMENTARILY. INSTRUCTOR IMMEDIATELY MOVED THE SELECTOR TO THE GEAR DOWN/ EXTENDED POSITION. THE AIRCRAFT MOMENTARILY TRIED TO RETRACT THE GEAR AND CAUSED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR DOOR AND THE DOOR ACTUATOR LINKAGE.