20250917013289A

ON 9/17/2025, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED MQY TO CONDUCT TRAFFIC PATTERN WORK IN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TO INCLUDE SOFT LANDING PRACTICE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS THE SOLE MANIPULATOR OF THE CONTROLS AND ACTED AS PIC FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE FLIGHT. AFTER THE COMPLETION OF A SOFT FIELD LANDING, THEY DEPARTED FOR ANOTHER PATTERN WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^WOULD DEMONSTRATE A SOFT FILED LANDING ON THE NEXT APPROACH. AS THEY TURNED CROSSWIND AFTER DEPARTURE, THEY NOTICED ANOTHER AIRCRAFT IN THE PATTERN THAT WAS MUCH SLOWER. TO MAINTAIN SEPARATION, DEVONAL REDUCED POWER AND SET THE AIRCRAFT FOR SLOW FLIGHT BY ADDING FLAPS. ON DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 32, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PASSED THE CONTROLS TO RELIFORD. THEY CONDUCTED A 2-WAY TRANSFER OF CONTROLS (I HAVE THE CONTROLS, YOU HAVE THE CONTROLS) AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ASSUMED THE POSITION AS SOLE MANIPULATOR OF THE CONTROLS AND PIC. ON FINAL, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PERFORMED A GUMPS BEFORE LANDING FROM MEMORY. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT HE BELIEVED THE LANDING GEAR WAS ALREADY DOWN BECAUSE PER HIS NORMAL PROCEDURES GEAR ALWAYS GOES DOWN BEFORE FLAPS. NEITHER PILOT UTILIZED NOR REFERENCED A CHECKLIST PRIOR TO LANDING. AS THEY APPROACHED THE GROUND RELIFORD HAD A FEELING THAT THEY WERE SUPER LOW BUT COULD NOT REACT PRIOR TO TOUCHING DOWN GEAR UP. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY 241 YARDS FROM THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 32. PICTURES TAKEN OF THE COCKPIT AFTER THE ACCIDENT SHOWED THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE IN THE UP POSITIONS. AFTER THE AIRCRAFT WAS CLEARED TO BE MOVED FORM THE RUNWAY, THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIFTED WITH A CRANED, POWER APPLIED, THE LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED AND LOCKED, AND THEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED WHILE UTILIZING THE LANDING GEAR WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.