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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Air Tractor AT-802 · Leesburg, FL · March 21, 2019

Date
March 21, 2019 · 11:55 local
Place
Leesburg, FL
Airport
Leesburg International Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
SXKG
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N12DA
Reported as
Air Tractor AT-802
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67F
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
6,033 total1,885 in this make and model22 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.

The airman was doing a solo training flight at a lake near the airport (2.5 miles from the airport). At the end of his flight he called the klee tower inbound. Tower told him to report 2 mile right base for runway 31, but later amended his clearance for a straight in runway 31. After touchdown the airman felt a vibration, and when the airplane came to a complete stop he realized that he had forgotten to put the gear down.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRMAN WAS DOING A SOLO TRAINING FLIGHT AT A LAKE NEAR THE AIRPORT (2.5 MILES FROM THE AIRPORT). AT THE END OF HIS FLIGHT HE CALLED THE KLEE TOWER INBOUND. TOWER TOLD HIM TO REPORT 2 MILE RIGHT BASE FOR RUNWAY 31, BUT LATER AMENDED HIS CLEARANCE FOR A STRAIGHT IN RUNWAY 31. AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE AIRMAN FELT A VIBRATION, AND WHEN THE AIRPLANE CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP HE REALIZED THAT HE HAD FORGOTTEN TO PUT THE GEAR DOWN.