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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · DG Flugzeugbau DG-800B · Visalia, CA · September 10, 2025

Date: September 10, 2025 · 12:30 local
Place: Visalia, CA
Airport: Visalia Municipal
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N808DG
Reported as: DG Flugzeugbau DG-800B
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours: 13,011 total

N808DGRegistered now · DG Flugzeugbau DG-800BS/N 8-242B156 Airframe modelDG Flugzeugbau DG-800B

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

PIC departed 30 kvis with clear weather. On landing, aircraft landed normally on the extended landing gear. After a few seconds of rolling on the tires, PIC experienced a flying sensation, and the noise from the tires contacting the runway stopped. The landing gear retracted and the aircraft belly contacted the runway. After sliding to a stop, the aircraft sustained minor damage, and no injuries occurred to the solo PIC.

As the FAA filed it

PIC DEPARTED 30 KVIS WITH CLEAR WEATHER. ON LANDING, AIRCRAFT LANDED NORMALLY ON THE EXTENDED LANDING GEAR. AFTER A FEW SECONDS OF ROLLING ON THE TIRES, PIC EXPERIENCED A FLYING SENSATION, AND THE NOISE FROM THE TIRES CONTACTING THE RUNWAY STOPPED. THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED AND THE AIRCRAFT BELLY CONTACTED THE RUNWAY. AFTER SLIDING TO A STOP, THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE, AND NO INJURIES OCCURRED TO THE SOLO PIC.