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FAA incident report · Raytheon B200 · Raton, NM · August 22, 2021

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Date
August 22, 2021 · 16:26 local
Place
Raton, NM
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N204RA
Reported as
Raytheon B200
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-42
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
14,138 total1,629 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On August 22, 2021, at 1626 MDT, N204RA, a Raytheon Aircraft Company model BE-200, multi-engine airplane,privacy data omitted, was on a cross country flight from rdd, redding, CA to rtn, Raton, NM. The flight departed from rdd on August 22, 2021, at 13:08 MDT under visual flight rules when it landed with the landing gear retracted approximately three hours later. The commercial pilot who was instrument rated indicated that he was in visual meteorological conditions and experience turbulence west of rtn, Raton, NM, during the descent. The pilot stated that he became distracted by the turbulence and neglected to extend the landing gear. The pilot stated that his approach speed was normal and did not make his normal 500 feet call to verify that he had three green lights. He stated that if he would have realized that there was an issue, he would have gone around. The pilot filed an instrument flight plan and canceled the flight plan in the descent to rtn. The aircraft landed on runway 20 at approximately 1626 MDT on August 22, 2021, at the Raton municipal airport, rtn, Raton, NM. The pilot and his four passengers were not injured and the aircraft incurred minor damage.

As the FAA filed it

ON AUGUST 22, 2021, AT 1626 MDT, N204RA, A RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT COMPANY MODEL BE-200, MULTI-ENGINE AIRPLANE,^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WAS ON A CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM RDD, REDDING, CA TO RTN, RATON, NM. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED FROM RDD ON AUGUST 22, 2021, AT 13:08 MDT UNDER VISUAL FLIGHT RULES WHEN IT LANDED WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED APPROXIMATELY THREE HOURS LATER. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT WHO WAS INSTRUMENT RATED INDICATED THAT HE WAS IN VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS AND EXPERIENCE TURBULENCE WEST OF RTN, RATON, NM, DURING THE DESCENT. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE BECAME DISTRACTED BY THE TURBULENCE AND NEGLECTED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR. THE PILOT STATED THAT HIS APPROACH SPEED WAS NORMAL AND DID NOT MAKE HIS NORMAL 500 FEET CALL TO VERIFY THAT HE HAD THREE GREEN LIGHTS. HE STATED THAT IF HE WOULD HAVE REALIZED THAT THERE WAS AN ISSUE, HE WOULD HAVE GONE AROUND. THE PILOT FILED AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT PLAN AND CANCELED THE FLIGHT PLAN IN THE DESCENT TO RTN. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 20 AT APPROXIMATELY 1626 MDT ON AUGUST 22, 2021, AT THE RATON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, RTN, RATON, NM. THE PILOT AND HIS FOUR PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT INCURRED MINOR DAMAGE.