# Incident 20221010016249I: Culver LFA, Groton, CT, October 10, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 10, 2022, 11:27 local time
- Place: Groton, CT
- Airport: Groton New London Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3301° N, 72.0451° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GROTON-NEW LONDON (GON), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3301&lon=-72.0451&mi=10
- Aircraft: N41630, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N41630) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Culver LFA (registry code 8730204, https://openairdocs.org/model/culver-lfa) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Franklin 4AC176C-D-F (registry code 27007, https://openairdocs.org/engine/franklin-4ac176c-d-f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CULVER LFA
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 7,668 total, 57 in this make and model, 83 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221010016249I

## Narrative

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

ON 10/10/2022 AT 14:27Z, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LANDED AT KGON ON RUNWAY 23 WITH LANDING GEAR UP, SLIDING DOWN RUNWAY 23 422 FEET WITH MINOR DAMAGE TO BELLY, PROPELLOR AND SMALL SCRATCHES ON WING.  THE WEATHER WAS CALM, CLEAR WITH UNRESTRICTED VISABILITY. THE AIRMAN WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 23 BY GROTON TOWER. AIRMAN SUSTAINED NO INJURIES AND SELF EGRESSED.

## Other reports on N41630 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20190923014469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190923014469I), Sep 23, 2019: Culver LFA (N41630), Kingston, NY, Minor damage. Pilot confirmed that he had done the procedure to lower the landing gear for landing, however, he had failed to confirm that the mechanical lock pin control…

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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