# Incident 20250602011729I: Textron Aviation Inc 208B, New Haven, CT, June 2, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 2, 2025, 08:30 local time
- Place: New Haven, CT
- Airport: Tweed New Haven
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: L87A
- Location: 41.2637° N, 72.8877° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TWEED/NEW HAVEN (HVN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2637&lon=-72.8877&mi=10
- Aircraft: N261PJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N261PJ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Textron 208B (registry code 2073712, https://openairdocs.org/model/textron-208b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-140 (registry code 51499, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TEXTRON AVIATION INC 208B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250602011729I

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 2, 2025, AT APPROXIMATELY 08:30 AN AMPHIBIAN AIRCRAFT, DURING A REPOSITIONING FLIGHT MADE A GEAR-UP LANDING AT TWEED-NEW HAVEN AIRPORT (HVN). DURING THE INITIAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 2, THE SIC WAS ACTING AS PIC. THE PIC WAS PROVIDING GUIDANCE TO THE SIC AND BEGAN PERFORMING THE LANDING CHECKLIST. ATC ISSUED AN INSTRUCTION TO PERFORM A LEFT 360° MANEUVER TO AVOID THE JET WASH FROM INBOUND TRAFFIC. WHILE EXECUTING THE TURN, THE CREW ELECTED TO HOLD THE GEAR UP WHILE CIRCLING OVER WATER. THE LANDING CHECKLIST WAS NOT PERFORMED ON THE SECOND APPROACH AND LANDING SEQUENCE. ADDITIONALLY, THE AUDIBLE ALARM ASSOCIATED WITH LANDING GEAR POSITIONING WAS OUT OF ADJUSTMENT AND DID NOT WORK, PREVENTING STANDARD WARNING ALERTS FROM NOTIFYING THE CREW OF THE INCOMPLETE LANDING GEAR DEPLOYMENT. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON THE PONTOONS WITH NO REMARKABLE DAMAGE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS JACKED, THE GEAR LOWERED AND IT EXITED THE RUNWAY UNDER ITS OWN POWER. THE FLIGHT CREW CONSISTED OF THE PILOT IN COMMAND AND SECOND IN COMMAND WITH NO PASSENGERS ON BOARD. THE CREW EVACUATED SAFELY AND NO ONE WAS INJURED. WEATHER WAS NOT A FACTOR.

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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