# Incident 20210228003169I: Aero L-39 ALBATROS, St. Petersburg, FL, February 28, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 28, 2021, 14:10 local time
- Place: St. Petersburg, FL
- Airport: St. Petersburg International A
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9102° N, 82.6874° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at St. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9102&lon=-82.6874&mi=10
- Aircraft: N43722, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N43722) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero L-39 ALBATROS (registry code 056185D, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-l-39-albatros) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Ivchenko AL-25SERIES (registry code 34702, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ivchenko-al-25series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERO L-39 ALBATROS
- Reported engine: IVCHENKO AL-25SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,850 total, 1,650 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210228003169I

## Narrative

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

ON FEBRUARY 28, 2021, AT 1409 EST, AN L-39 ALBATROS, N43722, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^LANDED GEAR UP ON RUNWAY 18 AT ST. PETERSBURG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KPIE). VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE AIRCRAFT HAD MINOR DAMAGE AND THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT ST. PETERSBURG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KPIE) ON FEBRUARY 28, 2021, AT 1300 EST.

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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