20230714015359I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · North American SNJ-5C · Ballston Spa, NY · July 14, 2023

Date
July 14, 2023 · 15:45 local
Place
Ballston Spa, NY
Airport
Saratoga County
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N518WW
Reported as
North American SNJ-5C
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, private pilot, student

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 touchdown of the aircraft, the gear did not lock in the down position causing minor damage to the aircraft. No evidence of equipment failure was discovered in the landing gear system.

As the FAA filed it

DURING TOUCHDOWN OF THE AIRCRAFT, THE GEAR DID NOT LOCK IN THE DOWN POSITION CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. NO EVIDENCE OF EQUIPMENT FAILURE WAS DISCOVERED IN THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM.