# Incident 20200603020739I: Ryan NAVION A, Owls Head, ME, June 3, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 3, 2020, 16:00 local time
- Place: Owls Head, ME
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.0823° N, 69.0573° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Owls Head, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0823&lon=-69.0573&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5100K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5100K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ryan NAVION A (registry code 6150162, https://openairdocs.org/model/ryan-navion-a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E185 series (registry code 17014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RYAN NAVION A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR E185 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 404 total, 235 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200603020739I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WENT TO KBST ON WEDNESDAY 6/3/2020 TO TEST FLY AIRCRAFT AND PERFORM CHECK RIDE FOR PILOT AFTER LENGTHY LAY OFF FROM FLYING. AIRCRAFT HAD APPROX. 10 GALLONS OF FUEL IN MAIN TANKS DETERMINED BY MEASUREMENT OF FUEL. PILOT DETERMINED THAT AMOUNT SUFFICIENT FOR 10-12 MINUTE FLIGHT TO KRKD FOR REFUEL BEFORE TEST FLIGHT. KBST DOES NOT HAVE FUELING STATION OR AVAILABLE FUEL.

AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF FROM KBST AT APPROX 1545 LOCAL AND DID ONE TURN AROUND AIRPORT ABOVE PATTERN ALTITUDE TO CHECK ENGINE PERFORMANCE AND CHECK ENGINE INSTRUMENTS FOR ANOMALIES. PILOT PROCEEDED TO KRKD AT 1500?. WINDS 200 CALM VISIBILITY 10 MILES CEILING 6000?. PILOT ANNOUNCED AT 7 MILES FROM KRKD FOR AN EXTENDED LEFT BASE ENTRY TO RWY 21. ONE AIRCRAFT HAD CALLED RUNWAY 21 FOR TAKEOFF AND PILOT HEARD A CALL FOR A LEFT BASE ENTRY TO RWY 21 AT 5 MILES TO THE EAST WHILE ON THE BASE APPROACH FROM A ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ INBOUND 206. AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP BECAUSE OF FAILURE OF PILOT TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR. PILOT SECURED AIRCRAFT MASTER, FUEL AND AVIONICS AND CALLED RWY 21 CLOSED KRKD DUE DISABLED AIRCRAFT ON RUNWAY.

PILOT RECALLS HEARING OR SEEING NO ANNUNCIATION FOR GEAR PRIOR TO LANDING. THIS PROBABLY CAN BE ANSWERED BY FACT THAT ALMOST ALL LANDINGS IN A NAVION ARE SLIGHT POWER ON BECAUSE OF SINK RATE POWER OFF BELOW 300?. ANNUNCIATION SYSTEM TESTED DURING GEAR SWING FOR ANNUAL AND ALL NORMAL. PILOT ASSUMES ENOUGH POWER ON FOR THE LANDING TO NOT ACTIVATE THE THROTTLE SWITCH FOR THE GEAR ANNUNCIATION SYSTEM TO ACTIVATE

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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