# Incident 20170701014429I: Aerovodochody L-29 DELFIN, Plainvew, TX, July 1, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 1, 2017, 13:30 local time
- Place: Plainvew, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N12DN, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N12DN-2020-10-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerovodochody L-29 DELFIN (registry code 0564310, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerovodochody-l-29-delfin) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Motorlet M-701C (registry code 46000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/motorlet-m-701c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AEROVODOCHODY L-29 DELFIN
- Reported engine: MOTORLET M-701C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 90 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170701014429I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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