# Incident 20191117021319I: Navion NAVION B, Elyria, OH, November 17, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 17, 2019, 11:35 local time
- Place: Elyria, OH
- Airport: Lorain County Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3443° N, 82.1776° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LORAIN COUNTY RGNL (LPR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3443&lon=-82.1776&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5198K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5198K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Navion NAVION B (registry code 6150112, https://openairdocs.org/model/navion-navion-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming GO-435C&D series (registry code 41521, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-go-435c-d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NAVION NAVION B
- Reported engine: LYCOMING GO-435C&D SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 7,004 total, 1 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191117021319I

## Narrative

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

INVESTIGATION RESULTS:

-ON 11/17/2019, PRIVATE PILOT/OWNER OF NAVION, N5198K, ^MR. MICHAEL GALBREATH^ WAS IN THE PROCESS OF COMPLETING A FLIGHT REVIEW WITH CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, ^MR. MICHAEL JOHNSON^.

-^MR. GALBREATH'S^ FLIGHT REVIEW HAD EXPIRED, AND HE COULD NOT ACT AS PILOT-IN-COMMAND FOR THE FLIGHT.  ^MR. MICHAEL JOHNSON^ WAS THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND DURING THE FLIGHT REVIEW THAT HE WAS CONDUCTING FOR ^MR. GALBREATH^.

-DURING AN INTERVIEW, ^MR. GALBREATH^ SAID THAT ^MR. JOHNSON^ WAS TALKING TO HIM ABOUT HIS PERFORMANCE ON THE FIRST TOUCH AND GO THAT WAS COMPLETED ON RWY 25 AT LORAIN COUNTY AIRPORT (KLPR), AND HE SAID THAT HE BECAME DISTRACTED ON THE DOWNWIND LEG FOR THE SECOND LANDING ON RUNWAY 25 AT KLPR, WHICH RESULTED IN A GEAR-UP LANDING ON RUNWAY 25 AT KLPR ON 11/17/2019 AT APPROXIMATELY 11:35 AM EST.

-DURING AN INTERVIEW, ^MR. JOHNSON^ STATED THAT HE WAS UNAWARE THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS NOT LOWERED BY ^MR. GALBREATH^ UNTIL AFTER THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON RUNWAY 25, AND THEY HEARD AN UNUSUAL SOUND AFTER LANDING WITH NO RUDDER AUTHORITY FOR STEERING THE AIRCRAFT.

ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS:

-THE GEAR-UP LANDING RESULTED DUE TO THE FOLLOWING:  DISTRACTIONS, LACK OF AWARENESS, AND COMPLACENCY.

CORRECTIVE ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN:

-BOTH ^MR. MICHAEL GALBREATH^ (PRIVATE PILOT/AIRCRAFT OWNER) AND ^MR. MICHAEL JOHNSON^ (CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR) HAVE ACCEPTED REMEDIAL TRAINING OFFERS FROM THE CLEVELAND FSDO.  THE CLEVELAND FSDO WILL BEGIN TO DEVELOP A REMEDIAL TRAINING CURRICULUM FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL TO REGAIN SAFE AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS.  ONCE THE REMEDIAL TRAINING IS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED BY EACH INDIVIDUAL, NO FURTHER ACTION SHOULD BE REQUIRED.

## Other reports on N5198K (1)

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

- [Incident 19851212073089I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851212073089I), Dec 12, 1985: Tmpson NAVIONB (N5198K), Lorain Elyria, OH, Minor damage. Failed to extend the landing gear for landing.

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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