# Incident 20250802013479I: Socata TB-20 TRINIDAD, Bentonville, AR, August 2, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 2025, 21:47 local time
- Place: Bentonville, AR
- Airport: Northwest Arkansas Ntl
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.2816° N, 94.3078° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NORTHWEST ARKANSAS NTL (XNA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2816&lon=-94.3078&mi=10
- Aircraft: N68KD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N68KD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Socata TB-20 TRINIDAD (registry code 8680695, https://openairdocs.org/model/socata-tb-20-trinidad) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SOCATA TB-20 TRINIDAD
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,100 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250802013479I

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 02, 2025, AT APPROXIMATELY 21:47 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, ATC BENTONVILLE (XNA) AIRPORT REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT PERFORMED A FORCED LANDING DUE TO THE NOSE LANDING GEAR DID NOT COME DOWN. INITIALLY, THE AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF FROM BENTONVILLE (VBT) AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 20:42 CDT AND WAS SCHEDULED TO PERFORM SEVERAL TOUCH-AND-GO LANDINGS AT VBT FOR PILOT CURRENCY. AFTER TAKING OFF FROM VBT, THE PILOT CIRCLED THE AIRPORT AND PREPARED FOR THE FIRST LANDING. UPON APPROACH, THE PILOT NOTED THAT THE NOSE LANDING GEAR DID NOT COME DOWN. THE PILOT MADE SEVERAL CIRCLE FLIGHT OPERATIONS WITHIN THE VBT AIRSPACE, PERFORMING LANDING GEAR CYCLE OPERATIONS AND EMERGENCY PROCEDURES, BUT STILL COULD NOT GET THE NOSE GEAR TO DROP. DUE TO NOT HAVING PERSONNEL WHO COULD PERFORM A FLY-BY VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT, VBT AIRPORT PASSED THE AIRCRAFT OFF TO XNA AIRPORT. XNA ATC INSTRUCTED THE PILOT TO FLY NEAR THE XNA ATC TOWER SO THEY COULD PERFORM A VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT’S NOSE GEAR. THE PILOT FLEW TOWARDS XNA AND PERFORMED SEVERAL MORE LANDING GEAR OPERATIONS. PILOT FLEW NEAR XNA ATC TOWER, AND XNA REPORTED TO PILOT THAT HIS NOSE GEAR DID NOT APPEAR TO BE DOWN. PILOT MADE A SECOND PASS, AND ATC REPORTED THE NOSE GEAR WAS STILL NOT DOWN. PILOT PERFORMED A FORCED LANDING AT XNA AIRPORT. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE, AND NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT WERE NOTED.

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