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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Donald E Johnston VELOCITY XL-RG · Crestview, FL · April 17, 2026

Date
April 17, 2026 · 10:52 local
Place
Crestview, FL
Airport
Bob Sikes
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N621CM
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA26LA182
Reported as
Donald E Johnston Velocity XL-RG
Reported engine
Continental IO-550-N
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
3,614 total

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.

Pilot failed to lower the landing gear before landing on runway 17 at kcew. Aircraft touched down and slid off runway near taxiway A3 and A4

As the FAA filed it

PILOT FAILED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR BEFORE LANDING ON RUNWAY 17 AT KCEW. AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN AND SLID OFF RUNWAY NEAR TAXIWAY A3 AND A4

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.