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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Ryan NAVION B · Oceanside, CA · November 14, 2021

Date
November 14, 2021 · 11:00 local
Place
Oceanside, CA
Airport
Bob Maxwell
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N70GH
Reported as
Ryan Navion B
Reported engine
Lycoming GO-435C&D series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
885 total535 in this make and model12 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.

During the climb out phase the pilot noticed that the main fuel tank gauge was reading empty, he immediately returned to the airport. On the downwind phase he mismanaged the landing gear controls and landed gear up. The pilot on the rollout also mismanaged the flight controls and followed by a prop strike.

As the FAA filed it

DURING THE CLIMB OUT PHASE THE PILOT NOTICED THAT THE MAIN FUEL TANK GAUGE WAS READING EMPTY, HE IMMEDIATELY RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT. ON THE DOWNWIND PHASE HE MISMANAGED THE LANDING GEAR CONTROLS AND LANDED GEAR UP. THE PILOT ON THE ROLLOUT ALSO MISMANAGED THE FLIGHT CONTROLS AND FOLLOWED BY A PROP STRIKE.