- Date
- November 28, 2021, 12:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Santa Paula, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N64DSSchulze Erwin E JR SHA Glasair SH-2R
- Defining event
- Landing: Landing gear not configured
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20211128019959A
- Case key
- 104493
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to extend the landing gear before landing.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that, as he approached the destination airport, he maneuvered the airplane to adjoin the left downwind. He noted that there were numerous airplanes in the traffic pattern and opted to perform a short approach to expedite the landing. The pilot did not remember if he performed his normal landing checklist but did remember that he did not follow his usual procedure of initiating a go-around if the landing gear was not assured to be down and locked. The airplane touched down with the landing gear retracted and slid off the runway surface into a berm. Both wings were substantially damaged. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have prevented normal operation. The landing gear handle was in the down position, but he could not remember when he selected the gear down.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N64DS
- Reported as
- Schulze Erwin E JR SHA Glasair SH-2R
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 602
- Built
- 1993
- Airframe hours
- 959
- Engine
- Lycoming I0-360-B1E, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Condition · January 4, 2021 · 37 hours before
- Departed
- Camarillo, CA
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- SZP · Santa Paula, runway 22, 2,665 × 60 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Auto-pilot, ADS-B
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 87
- Injuries
- Serious
- Certificate
- Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- December 1, 2020
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 3,842 total · 1,232 in this make and model · 3,642 as pilot in command · 108 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 60 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.92 inHg
- Observed at
- KCMA, 8 nm away
- METAR
- KCMA 031955Z 22006KT 4SM HZ CLR 17/09 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP141 T01720094
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 14, 2022, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.8 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.