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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Williams Ronald J THATCHER CX4 · Tamiami, FL · February 20, 2019

Date
February 20, 2019 · 17:59 local
Place
Tamiami, FL
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Rotation
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N117CX
Reported as
Williams Ronald J Thatcher CX4
Reported engine
Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot

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.

While on departure, N117CX experienced a loss of power after gear retraction and he made a landing on the belly of the aircraft which resulted in only skin damage to the hull.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE ON DEPARTURE, N117CX EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER AFTER GEAR RETRACTION AND HE MADE A LANDING ON THE BELLY OF THE AIRCRAFT WHICH RESULTED IN ONLY SKIN DAMAGE TO THE HULL.