# Incident 20171021020179I: Whitten Robinson AVENTURA II, Rockledge, FL, October 21, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 21, 2017, 10:15 local time
- Place: Rockledge, FL
- Airport: Rockledge
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.2991° N, 80.7208° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Rockledge Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.2991&lon=-80.7208&mi=10
- Aircraft: N709CW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N709CW-2023-07-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Whitten Robinson AVENTURA II (registry code 056286X, https://openairdocs.org/model/whitten-robinson-aventura-ii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS series (registry code 55572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WHITTEN ROBINSON AVENTURA II
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912ULS
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 16,000 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171021020179I

## Narrative

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

ON 10/21/2017 AN AVENTURA 2 MADE A GEAR UP LANDING AT THE ROCKLEDGE, FLORIDA AIRPORT. WHEN INTERVIEWED THE PILOT STATED THAT WHILE INFLIGHT THE GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND AND THAT HE ELECTED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY GEAR UP LANDING ON THE GRASS AT THE AIRPORT. CONTINUING, THAT AFTER LANDING HE ADJUSTED A MICRO SWITCH IN THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM AND WAS ABLE TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR AND TAXI TO HIS HANGAR.

A LATER FAA INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT COULD FIND NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N709CW (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20220723013029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220723013029A), Jul 23, 2022: Whitten Robinson AVENTURA II (N709CW), Merritt Island, FL, Substantial damage. On July 23, 2022 at approximately 18:54 local time, the pilot of command of [privacy data omitted], a fixed wing single engine experimental amateur built…
- [Incident 20160322002049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160322002049I), Mar 22, 2016: Whitten Robinson AVENTURA II (N709CW), Rockledge, FL, No damage. On 22 March 2016, an adventura ii, N709CW, suffered an inflight engine failure on take-off, departing Rockledge airpark, runway 36 to Rockledge airpark heading…

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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