# Incident 20190923014469I: Culver LFA, Kingston, NY, September 23, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 23, 2019, 14:00 local time
- Place: Kingston, NY
- Airport: Kingston
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9301° N, 73.9968° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kingston, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9301&lon=-73.9968&mi=10
- Aircraft: N41630, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N41630) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Culver LFA (registry code 8730204, https://openairdocs.org/model/culver-lfa) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Franklin 4AC176C-D-F (registry code 27007, https://openairdocs.org/engine/franklin-4ac176c-d-f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CULVER LFA
- Reported engine: FRANKLIN O-175
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 5,700 total, 8 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190923014469I

## Narrative

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

PILOT CONFIRMED THAT HE HAD DONE THE PROCEDURE TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR FOR LANDING, HOWEVER, HE HAD FAILED TO CONFIRM THAT THE MECHANICAL LOCK PIN CONTROL WAS IN THE FULL LEFT LIMIT OR "LOCK" POSITION. SUBSEQUENTLY, UPON TOUCHDOWN THE LANDING GEAR SLOWLY RETRACTED AND THE AIRCRAFT SLID ON ITS BELLY APPROXIMATELY 800 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY BEFORE COMING TO REST.

## Other reports on N41630 (1)

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

- [Incident 20221010016249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221010016249I), Oct 10, 2022: Culver LFA (N41630), Groton, CT, Minor damage. On 10/10/2022 at 14:27Z, [privacy data omitted] landed at kgon on runway 23 with landing gear up, sliding down runway 23 422 feet with minor damage to belly,…

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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