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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Rockwell International 112TCA · Oxnard, CA · June 21, 2017

Date
June 21, 2017 · 15:25 local
Place
Oxnard, CA
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4638W
Reported as
Rockwell International 112TCA
Reported engine
Lycoming I0360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
4,100 total800 in this make and model40 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.

Airman flew from oxr to szp, and returned to oxr. He was distracted by traffic at the airport, and by his students, who were taking check rides in the area.

He did not put down the landing gear and did not hear the gear horn nor did he use the printed checklist. Pilot landed on the belly of the aircraft, with the wheels up, causing minor damage to the airframe and propeller.

As the FAA filed it

AIRMAN FLEW FROM OXR TO SZP, AND RETURNED TO OXR. HE WAS DISTRACTED BY TRAFFIC AT THE AIRPORT, AND BY HIS STUDENTS, WHO WERE TAKING CHECK RIDES IN THE AREA.

HE DID NOT PUT DOWN THE LANDING GEAR AND DID NOT HEAR THE GEAR HORN NOR DID HE USE THE PRINTED CHECKLIST. PILOT LANDED ON THE BELLY OF THE AIRCRAFT, WITH THE WHEELS UP, CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRFRAME AND PROPELLER.