20240929019639A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Bellanca 14-19-3 · Cortez, CO · September 29, 2024

Date
September 29, 2024 · 16:15 local
Place
Cortez, CO
Airport
Cortez Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N8851R
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN24LA375
Reported as
Bellanca 14-19-3
Reported engine
TCM Cont UNKNOWN ENG
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
4,000 total120 in this make and model20 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.

The private pilot landed without deploying the landing gear. The aircraft landed with the landing gear in the retract position. The aircraft skidded to a stop on the runway and caught on fire. The aircraft was destroyed. The pilot did not sustain injuries.

Aircraft records were not available for review, the

Certification and registration are not current. Pilot records are not available for review.

As the FAA filed it

THE PRIVATE PILOT LANDED WITHOUT DEPLOYING THE LANDING GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH THE LANDING GEAR IN THE RETRACT POSITION. THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY AND CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED. THE PILOT DID NOT SUSTAIN INJURIES.

AIRCRAFT RECORDS WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW, THE

CERTIFICATION AND REGISTRATION ARE NOT CURRENT. PILOT RECORDS ARE NOT AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.