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.
Do to heavy radio traffic at the Santa Paula Airport the pilot was distracted from the check list and did not confirm that the gear was down and locked.
Pilot landed the airplane with landing gear retracted. Propeller struck the ground engine stopped running and airplane slid to a stop on the center line
As the FAA filed it
DO TO HEAVY RADIO TRAFFIC AT THE SANTA PAULA AIRPORT THE PILOT WAS DISTRACTED FROM THE CHECK LIST AND DID NOT CONFIRM THAT THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED.
PILOT LANDED THE AIRPLANE WITH LANDING GEAR RETRACTED. PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING AND AIRPLANE SLID TO A STOP ON THE CENTER LINE
Other reports on N997BC · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.