Ttx Air LANCAIR N613TX
21 February 2013 · Indianapolis, Indiana, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 21 February 2013 at about 14:30 local time, a Ttx Air LANCAIR registered N613TX, operated by TTX Air, LLC, was involved in an incident near Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 14:30
- Classification
- Incident
- Location
- Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
- Nearest airport
- Eagle Creek (EYE)
- Coordinates
- 39.8308, -86.2944
- Aircraft
- Ttx Air LANCAIR
- Registration
- N613TX
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- TTX Air, LLC
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Instructional
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Indianapolis → Indianapolis
- Aircraft damage
- Minor
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- CEN13IA177
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Probable cause
The pilots' failure to verify landing gear extension before landing.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot and flight instructor were conducting takeoffs and landings in the airport traffic pattern when the incident occurred. The pilot stated that, during the incident landing, he lowered the landing gear selector handle while on the downwind traffic pattern leg, abeam the runway end. The pilot stated that he intended to execute a no-flap, full-stop landing and that, because he was concentrating on the no-flap landing, he might not have properly verified the landing gear position before landing. The pilots recalled hearing the landing gear aural warning as the airplane entered the landing flare with the engine power at idle. The airplane contacted the runway before a go-around could be initiated. The landing gear extension/retraction system and the landing gear position indicator lights operated normally during a postincident examination. During the examination, the landing gear aural warning system activated at a simulated airspeed of 100 knots.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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