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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Heinze FW-190 A-5 · Ford City, PA · April 20, 2023

Date
April 20, 2023 · 20:00 local
Place
Ford City, PA
Airport
Mcville
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N85622
Reported as
Heinze FW-190 A-5
Reported engine
Continental 0-200 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,035 total31 in this make and model55 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.

Pilot experienced a MLG mailfunction. The right gear would not extend. Pilot attempted to manually extend the gear. The emergency manual system would not extend due to the design of the system. Pilot elected to land gear up on the grass field. No injuries or damage to people or facilities.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT EXPERIENCED A MLG MAILFUNCTION. THE RIGHT GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND. PILOT ATTEMPTED TO MANUALLY EXTEND THE GEAR. THE EMERGENCY MANUAL SYSTEM WOULD NOT EXTEND DUE TO THE DESIGN OF THE SYSTEM. PILOT ELECTED TO LAND GEAR UP ON THE GRASS FIELD. NO INJURIES OR DAMAGE TO PEOPLE OR FACILITIES.