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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · North American NAVION · Port Aransas, TX · March 10, 2025

Date: March 10, 2025 · 12:57 local
Place: Port Aransas, TX
Airport: Mustang Beach
Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N105ER
Reported as: North American Navion
Reported engine: Continental E185 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Private pilot, student
Pilot’s flight hours: 80 total17 in this make and model6 in the last 90 days

N105ERRegistered now · North American NAVIONS/N NAV-4-521 · Built 1947 Airframe modelNorth American NAVION Engine modelContinental E185 seriesReciprocating

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 mishap pilot departed from lzz and flew to tfp where he performed one touch-and-go landing. From tfp he flew to ras where he was setting up an approach to runway 12. While running his pre-landing checklist, he heard another aircraft radio call that they were landing on runway 30. The mishap pilot elected to switch to runway 30 and resumed his checklist in the wrong spot, failing to extend the landing gear during the final approach. He noticed that he was unusually low during the final stage of the landing and contacted the runway moments later.

As the FAA filed it

THE MISHAP PILOT DEPARTED FROM LZZ AND FLEW TO TFP WHERE HE PERFORMED ONE TOUCH-AND-GO LANDING. FROM TFP HE FLEW TO RAS WHERE HE WAS SETTING UP AN APPROACH TO RUNWAY 12. WHILE RUNNING HIS PRE-LANDING CHECKLIST, HE HEARD ANOTHER AIRCRAFT RADIO CALL THAT THEY WERE LANDING ON RUNWAY 30. THE MISHAP PILOT ELECTED TO SWITCH TO RUNWAY 30 AND RESUMED HIS CHECKLIST IN THE WRONG SPOT, FAILING TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR DURING THE FINAL APPROACH. HE NOTICED THAT HE WAS UNUSUALLY LOW DURING THE FINAL STAGE OF THE LANDING AND CONTACTED THE RUNWAY MOMENTS LATER.