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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Dehavilland DHC 2 MK III · Coeur D'Alene, ID · June 14, 2020

Date
June 14, 2020 · 12:17 local
Place
Coeur D'Alene, ID
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N967TB
Reported as
Dehavilland DHC 2 MK III
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, commercial pilot, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
5,000 total350 in this make and model35 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.

Pilot had been practicing water landings then returned to the airport. Upon landing, it became obvious he forgot to extend the wheels under his floats. Self-confessed pilot error.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT HAD BEEN PRACTICING WATER LANDINGS THEN RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT. UPON LANDING, IT BECAME OBVIOUS HE FORGOT TO EXTEND THE WHEELS UNDER HIS FLOATS. SELF-CONFESSED PILOT ERROR.