# Incident 20260905012119I: Icon Aircraft Inc A5, Byron, CA, September 5, 2026

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 2026, 12:30 local time
- Place: Byron, CA
- Airport: Byron
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.8284° N, 121.6258° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BYRON (C83), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8284&lon=-121.6258&mi=10
- Aircraft: N238BA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N238BA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Icon A5 (registry code 06001A7, https://openairdocs.org/model/icon-a5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912 IS series (registry code 55593, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912-is-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ICON AIRCRAFT INC A5
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912 IS
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 390 total, 55 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260905012119I

## Narrative

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

ON THE MORNING OF SEPTEMBER 5, I COMPLETED A THOROUGH PRE-FLIGHT AT THE AIRCRAFT’S HOME BASE AT

BYRON AIRPORT (C83), WHERE THE AIRCRAFT IS HANGERED. THE WEIGHT AND BALANCE WAS COMPLETED AND

FOUND WELL WITHIN LIMITS. THE TAKEOFF GROSS WEIGHT WAS 1337 WITH 15 GALLONS OF FUEL, AND MAX

TAKEOFF GROSS WEIGHT IS 1570.

AT 9:25AM, SEPTEMBER 5, 2026, I DEPARTED ON A PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT IN N238BA FROM BYRON

AIRPORT (C83) TO THE SAN JOAQUIN RIVER WHERE MULTIPLE WATER LANDINGS WERE CONDUCTED AND BACK

TO BYRON AIRPORT (C83), BYRON, CALIFORNIA. I WAS FLYING ALONE, NO PASSENGERS. WEATHER CONDITIONS

WERE VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS, NO CEILING AND VISIBILITY GREATER THAN 10 MILES WITH WINDS

LIGHT AND VARIABLE AND A TEMPERATURE OF 29 DEGREES CELSIUS.

AFTER CONDUCTING APPROXIMATELY 10-12 WATER LANDINGS IN THE SACRAMENTO DELTA AREA, I RETURNED TO

BYRON AIRPORT. AS I APPROACHED THE AIRPORT, I QUICKLY REALIZED THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF

TRAFFIC, INCLUDING GLIDERS, TRAINING, AND SKY DIVING OPERATIONS. I HAD TO CIRCLE OUTSIDE OF THE AIRPORT

TO SAFELY FIT INTO THE TRAFFIC PATTERN. AFTER ENTERING THE PATTERN, I HAD TO MAKE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR

LANDING AND DEPARTING TRAFFIC AND EXTENDED MY DOWNWIND LEG. THESE INTERRUPTIONS TO NORMAL

OPERATIONS LED ME TO INADVERTENTLY NOT EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT SUBSEQUENTLY TOUCHED

DOWN WITH THE LANDING GEAR IN THE RETRACTED POSITION. THE LOWER HULL CONTACTED THE RUNWAY

SURFACE AND THE AIRCRAFT SLID TO A STOP. THE TIME WAS APPROXIMATELY 12:30PM.

AFTER THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP, THE ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN, AND I EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AND

ANNOUNCED ON CTAF. I SUSTAINED NO INJURIES. THE AIRPORT FIRE DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS CAME OUT AND

TOGETHER WITH SEVERAL LOCAL PILOTS WE PICKED UP THE AIRCRAFT, EXTENDED THE GEAR NORMALLY AND MOVED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE HANGAR. AN INITIAL VISUAL EXAMINATION IDENTIFIED ABRASION/SCRAPING TOO THE

LOWER SURFACE OF THE HULL. THE AIRCRAFT’S MAINTENANCE RECORDS WERE REVIEWED TO DETERMINE COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE AIRWORTHINESS, INSPECTION, AND MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS.

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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