# Incident 20231223022189I: Donald Russell V200RG, Dale County, FL, December 23, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 23, 2023, 16:49 local time
- Place: Dale County, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N956DR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N956DR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Russell Donald E V200RG (registry code 05620ED, https://openairdocs.org/model/russell-donald-e-v200rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DONALD RUSSELL V200RG
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 10360
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 204 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231223022189I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS PREPARING TO LAND AT DTS (DESTIN) WHEN THE PILOT NOTICED THAT THE MAIN GEAR LOCK LIGHT WOULD NOT LIGHT.  A FLY BY WAS CONDUCTED PAST THE DTS TOWER WHO INDICATED THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS NOT DOWN.  PILOT ELECTED TO LAND AT RUCKEL AIRFIELD (FL17) WHICH WAS A GRASS STRIP.

## Other reports on N956DR (1)

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

- [Incident 20010519011429I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010519011429I), May 19, 2001: Amtr V200RG (N956DR), Fullerton, CA, Minor damage. (-23)While doing pattern work on the final approach to Fullerton the pilot landed hot and hard causing the landing gear over center lack to release and this…

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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