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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · North American NAVION · Merritt Island, FL · July 10, 2023

Date
July 10, 2023 · 13:00 local
Place
Merritt Island, FL
Airport
Merritt Island
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8656H
Reported as
North American Navion
Reported engine
Continental E185 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
670 total10 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 07/10/2023 at 1300 EST the aircraft landed on rwy 29 at kcoi without lowering the landing gear prior to touchdown. The pilot stated that he forgot to lower the landing gear and that there were no mechanical issues with the aircraft prior to touchdown. No injuries were report during this incident.

As the FAA filed it

ON 07/10/2023 AT 1300 EST THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RWY 29 AT KCOI WITHOUT LOWERING THE LANDING GEAR PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE FORGOT TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR AND THAT THERE WERE NO MECHANICAL ISSUES WITH THE AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN. NO INJURIES WERE REPORT DURING THIS INCIDENT.