20200315010859I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Icon A5 · Renton, WA · March 15, 2020

Date
March 15, 2020 · 17:15 local
Place
Renton, WA
Airport
Renton Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N475BA
Reported as
Icon A5
Reported engine
ROTAX 912 IS
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
401 total102 in this make and model13 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.

Upon departure, nose landing gear indicator showed in transit. Pilot cycled gear multiple times, conducted a tower fly by and tower confirmed nose gear was not fully extended. Pilot landed aircraft as instructed by tower. No injuries and minimum damage to nose landing gear doors.

As the FAA filed it

UPON DEPARTURE, NOSE LANDING GEAR INDICATOR SHOWED IN TRANSIT. PILOT CYCLED GEAR MULTIPLE TIMES, CONDUCTED A TOWER FLY BY AND TOWER CONFIRMED NOSE GEAR WAS NOT FULLY EXTENDED. PILOT LANDED AIRCRAFT AS INSTRUCTED BY TOWER. NO INJURIES AND MINIMUM DAMAGE TO NOSE LANDING GEAR DOORS.