# Incident 20200417002709I: Socata TB-20 TRINIDAD, Punta Gorda, FL, April 17, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 17, 2020, 14:39 local time
- Place: Punta Gorda, FL
- Airport: Charlotte County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.8940° N, 82.0665° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Punta Gorda, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.8940&lon=-82.0665&mi=10
- Aircraft: N711RP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N711RP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Socata TB-20 TRINIDAD (registry code 8680695, https://openairdocs.org/model/socata-tb-20-trinidad) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SOCATA TB-20 TRINIDAD
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 850 total, 104 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200417002709I

## Narrative

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

FIRST FLIGHT AFTER AN EXTENDED MAINTENANCE EVOLUTION THE PILOT WAS COMING INTO LAND ON RUNWAY 22 AT PUNTA GORDA, FLORIDA AND NEGLECTED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR. LANDING CAUSED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRFRAME.

## Other reports on N711RP (2)

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

- [Incident 20210822013899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210822013899I), Aug 22, 2021: Socata TB-20 TRINIDAD (N711RP), Rochester, MN, Minor damage. 08-22-2021 N711RP Socata TB-20 trinidad, nose gear collapse during landing at Rochester International krst. While preparing to land in eau claire WI keau when…
- [Incident 20070121001759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070121001759I), Jan 21, 2007: Socata TB20TRINIDAD (N711RP), Torrance, CA, Minor damage. (-23) On January 21, 2007 at 2100 PST, Socata TB20 a/c, N711RP, s/n: 1081 landed at toa rwy 29R with the landing gear up. This flight was from bermuda dunes,…

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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