# Incident 20190328002079I: Ryan NAVION A, Brandy Station, VA, March 28, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 28, 2019, 10:50 local time
- Place: Brandy Station, VA
- Airport: Culpeper Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5255° N, 77.8596° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CULPEPER RGNL (CJR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5255&lon=-77.8596&mi=10
- Aircraft: N20000, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N20000) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ryan NAVION A (registry code 6150162, https://openairdocs.org/model/ryan-navion-a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E185 series (registry code 17014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RYAN NAVION A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO550B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 28,000 total, 219 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190328002079I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT BROUGHT THE AIRCRAFT TO KCJR FOR COMPLIANCE WITH AN ANNUAL INSPECTION ON THE MORNING OF MARCH 28TH2019. THE PILOT FLEW THE AIRCRAFT AROUND THE PATTERN, IN LIEU OF COMPLYING WITH AN ENGINE RUN, TO WARM UP THE ENGINE OIL. A SECOND PERSON, WHO WAS FAMILIAR WITH THE AIRCRAFT TYPE, JOINED THE PILOT ON THE FLIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED ON RUNWAY 22. WHILE GOING DOWNWIND, THE PILOT ASKED THE PASSENGER IF THE ENGINE POPPING, THEY HEARD, WAS NORMAL FOR HIS ENGINE. AS THEY WERE DISCUSSING THIS, THE PILOT DROPPED THE FLAPS. HE STARTED TO DROP THE LANDING GEAR WHEN THE ENGINE POPPED AGAIN. THE PILOT STATED THAT AT THIS TIME, HE LOOKED TOWARDS HIS ENGINE ANALYZER, BECAME DISTRACTED, AND SKIPPED PAST THE LANDING GEAR EXTENSION STEP ON HIS CHECKLIST.

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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