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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Aerovodochody L-29 DELFIN · Plainvew, TX · July 1, 2017

Date: July 1, 2017 · 13:30 local
Place: Plainvew, TX
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N12DN
Reported as: Aerovodochody L-29 Delfin
Reported engine: Motorlet M-701C
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours: 12,000 total90 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

N12DNRegistration cancelled Oct 31, 2020 · Aerovodochody L-29 DELFINS/N 8928014 · Built 1968 Airframe modelAerovodochody L-29 DELFIN Engine modelMotorlet M-701CTurbo-jet

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What happened

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On July 1, 2017, at 1330 CDT, approximately, a 1968 Aerovodochody deflin, ( L-29), registered to a private owner, landed with the gear retracted on runway 4 at the hale county airport (kpvw). The aircraft was recently purchased and being repositioned to a new home base in tracy, California. The pilot planned to land at the hale county airport (kpvw), for fuel and was approaching the kpvw airport for landing when he was unable to extend the landing gear. The pilot exited traffic pattern and performed the emergency landing gear extension procedure, which was ineffective. The pilot landed with the landing gear retracted. The flight was VFR and operated under title 14 usc part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time, and no VFR flight plan was filed. The aircraft sustained minor damage. The pilot was the sole occupant onboard and was not injured. The flight originated from the lancaster regional airport (klnc), at 1230 local time on July 1, 2017.

As the FAA filed it

ON JULY 1, 2017, AT 1330 CDT, APPROXIMATELY, A 1968 AEROVODOCHODY DEFLIN, ( L-29), REGISTERED TO A PRIVATE OWNER, LANDED WITH THE GEAR RETRACTED ON RUNWAY 4 AT THE HALE COUNTY AIRPORT (KPVW). THE AIRCRAFT WAS RECENTLY PURCHASED AND BEING REPOSITIONED TO A NEW HOME BASE IN TRACY, CALIFORNIA. THE PILOT PLANNED TO LAND AT THE HALE COUNTY AIRPORT (KPVW), FOR FUEL AND WAS APPROACHING THE KPVW AIRPORT FOR LANDING WHEN HE WAS UNABLE TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR. THE PILOT EXITED TRAFFIC PATTERN AND PERFORMED THE EMERGENCY LANDING GEAR EXTENSION PROCEDURE, WHICH WAS INEFFECTIVE. THE PILOT LANDED WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED. THE FLIGHT WAS VFR AND OPERATED UNDER TITLE 14 USC PART 91. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND NO VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE PILOT WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT ONBOARD AND WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE LANCASTER REGIONAL AIRPORT (KLNC), AT 1230 LOCAL TIME ON JULY 1, 2017.