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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 208 · Fort Lauderdale, FL · January 24, 2024

Date
January 24, 2024 · 10:34 local
Place
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Airport
Fort Lauderdale Executive
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N728EB
Reported as
Cessna 208
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
19,864 total3,493 in this make and model10 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.

During the approach to landing, the pilot was asked to reduce speed and do s-turns to provide spacing for arriving aircraft. The pilot retracted the gear from the unlocked position during vectoring. Upon reestablishing the approach, the landing gear was extended, but the gear was not in the locked position. After the touchdown, the aft landing gear retracted. No damage was observed.

As the FAA filed it

DURING THE APPROACH TO LANDING, THE PILOT WAS ASKED TO REDUCE SPEED AND DO S-TURNS TO PROVIDE SPACING FOR ARRIVING AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT RETRACTED THE GEAR FROM THE UNLOCKED POSITION DURING VECTORING. UPON REESTABLISHING THE APPROACH, THE LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED, BUT THE GEAR WAS NOT IN THE LOCKED POSITION. AFTER THE TOUCHDOWN, THE AFT LANDING GEAR RETRACTED. NO DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED.