20210408005859I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Pirtle JOHNSON ROCKET 185 · Port Orange, FL · April 8, 2021

Date
April 8, 2021 · 18:00 local
Place
Port Orange, FL
Airport
Spruce Creek
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N90200
Reported as
Pirtle Johnson Rocket 185
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-435A/0-435C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0

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 stated he made a normal approach to land on runway 23 at 7FL6.

He extended the landing gear and observed 3 green lights. Just prior to landing he noticed the landing gear handle had reverted to an unsafe

Position. This occurred too late to prevent the aircraft from ground contact.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STATED HE MADE A NORMAL APPROACH TO LAND ON RUNWAY 23 AT 7FL6.

HE EXTENDED THE LANDING GEAR AND OBSERVED 3 GREEN LIGHTS. JUST PRIOR TO LANDING HE NOTICED THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE HAD REVERTED TO AN UNSAFE

POSITION. THIS OCCURRED TOO LATE TO PREVENT THE AIRCRAFT FROM GROUND CONTACT.