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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Scoda Aeronautica Ltda SUPER PETREL LS · Destin, FL · May 3, 2020

Date
May 3, 2020 · 10:25 local
Place
Destin, FL
Airport
Destin Executive
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N622VH
Reported as
Scoda Aeronautica Ltda Super Petrel LS
Reported engine
ROTAX 912 IS
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Flight instructor, private pilot, sport pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
945 total20 in this make and model60 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.

The instructor, privacy data omitted, was providing instruction at Destin Executive Airport practicing landings. On the 6th landing of the day the instructor was distracted by ATC providing instructions and conversation with the student which resulted in the instructor failing to lower the landing gear, resulting in a gear up landing.

As the FAA filed it

THE INSTRUCTOR, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WAS PROVIDING INSTRUCTION AT DESTIN EXECUTIVE AIRPORT PRACTICING LANDINGS. ON THE 6TH LANDING OF THE DAY THE INSTRUCTOR WAS DISTRACTED BY ATC PROVIDING INSTRUCTIONS AND CONVERSATION WITH THE STUDENT WHICH RESULTED IN THE INSTRUCTOR FAILING TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR, RESULTING IN A GEAR UP LANDING.