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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 401A · Thompsonville, MI · July 9, 2020

Date
July 9, 2020 · 20:45 local
Place
Thompsonville, MI
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N69RH
Reported as
Cessna 401A
Reported engine
Continental GTSIO-520-C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
20,000 total1,000 in this make and model15 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 pilot stated he was distracted by the beauty of the calm evening and simply forgot to put the gear down. T

The gear warning horn sounded as he touched down. He was counseled on single pilot CRM and standard check list procedures.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT STATED HE WAS DISTRACTED BY THE BEAUTY OF THE CALM EVENING AND SIMPLY FORGOT TO PUT THE GEAR DOWN. T

THE GEAR WARNING HORN SOUNDED AS HE TOUCHED DOWN. HE WAS COUNSELED ON SINGLE PILOT CRM AND STANDARD CHECK LIST PROCEDURES.