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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Smith AEROSTAR 601P · Mckinney, TX · March 29, 2023

Date
March 29, 2023 · 11:08 local
Place
Mckinney, TX
Airport
Mckinney Ntl
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Rotation
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N78GD
Reported as
Smith Aerostar 601P
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,274 total53 in this make and model30 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.

On 29 March 2023 at approximately 11:21L privacy data omitted attempted to takeoff from runway 18 at Mckinney national airport. After takeoff, the pilot in command actuated the landing gear handle to retract the landing gear. privacy data omitted Settled back to the runway while landing gear were retracting and skidded on its fuselage until it came to a rest in the sod on the west side of the runway causing minor damage and no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

ON 29 MARCH 2023 AT APPROXIMATELY 11:21L ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ATTEMPTED TO TAKEOFF FROM RUNWAY 18 AT MCKINNEY NATIONAL AIRPORT. AFTER TAKEOFF, THE PILOT IN COMMAND ACTUATED THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE TO RETRACT THE LANDING GEAR. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SETTLED BACK TO THE RUNWAY WHILE LANDING GEAR WERE RETRACTING AND SKIDDED ON ITS FUSELAGE UNTIL IT CAME TO A REST IN THE SOD ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE RUNWAY CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES.

Other reports on N78GD · 2

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