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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Aero Commander 112 · Manchester, NH · August 1, 2024

Date
August 1, 2024 · 13:26 local
Place
Manchester, NH
Airport
Manchester Boston Regional
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N112BM
Reported as
Aero Commander 112
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
3,200 total1,600 in this make and model2 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 conducted 2 succesful touch and go landings at kmht. On the final landing pilot failed to lower landing gear. Pilot was little distracted by commercial traffic landing ahead, and was required to land long to avoid wake. Aircraft equipped with gear warning horn and light but pilot does not recall seeing light or hearing horn. Aircraft touched down in level attitude on the steps on the rear of the wing. No damage to wing, flaps or underside of fuselage. Engine requies post gear up checks and new propellor.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT CONDUCTED 2 SUCCESFUL TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS AT KMHT. ON THE FINAL LANDING PILOT FAILED TO LOWER LANDING GEAR. PILOT WAS LITTLE DISTRACTED BY COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC LANDING AHEAD, AND WAS REQUIRED TO LAND LONG TO AVOID WAKE. AIRCRAFT EQUIPPED WITH GEAR WARNING HORN AND LIGHT BUT PILOT DOES NOT RECALL SEEING LIGHT OR HEARING HORN. AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN IN LEVEL ATTITUDE ON THE STEPS ON THE REAR OF THE WING. NO DAMAGE TO WING, FLAPS OR UNDERSIDE OF FUSELAGE. ENGINE REQUIES POST GEAR UP CHECKS AND NEW PROPELLOR.