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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech F33A · Ontario, CA · July 8, 2020

Date
July 8, 2020 · 05:50 local
Place
Ontario, CA
Airport
Ontario
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1535W
Reported as
Beech F33A
Reported engine
Continental IO-520 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Private pilot, student
Pilot’s flight hours
258 total27 in this make and model39 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.

N1535W was on downwind leg when kont tower advised N1535W about approaching landing traffic. PIC was distracted with traffic and forgot to extend gear upon landing, and a gear up landing occurred causing damage to the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

N1535W WAS ON DOWNWIND LEG WHEN KONT TOWER ADVISED N1535W ABOUT APPROACHING LANDING TRAFFIC. PIC WAS DISTRACTED WITH TRAFFIC AND FORGOT TO EXTEND GEAR UPON LANDING, AND A GEAR UP LANDING OCCURRED CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.