ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 240475
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| Date: | Monday 24 August 2020 |
| Time: | 10:02 |
| Type: |  Northrop F-5E Tiger II |
| Owner/operator: | Tactical Air Support Inc |
| Registration: | N926TA |
| MSN: | R.1241 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2335 hours |
| Engine model: | General Electric J85-21C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Reno-Stead Airport (KRTS), Reno, NV -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Reno-Stead Airport, NV (KRTS) |
| Reno-Stead Airport, NV (KRTS) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The operator reported that while the pilot was in the airport traffic pattern, he was distracted by a radio transmission on the common traffic advisory frequency from additional landing traffic at the airport. The operator stated that the pilot continued his approach to landing, with the landing gear still retracted, having not completed the landing checklist. While on final approach, the pilot received a "terrain, terrain" alert, and perceived he was slightly low, and added power. Subsequently, the airplane landed gear up. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the horizontal stabilizer.
The operator reported that there were no pre-accident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
The aircraft is registered by the FAA with its former USAF serial 75-0493 as "c/n". Damage related reported by the FAA as "substantial".
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to complete the pre-landing checklist due to a distraction which resulted in a gear-up landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.asias.faa.gov/apex/f?p=100:96:13920556815333::::P96_ENTRY_DATE,P96_MAKE_NAME,P96_FATAL_FLG:25-AUG-20,NORTHROP
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N926TA
https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=N926TA
https://dms.ntsb.gov/pubdms/search/dockList.cfm?mKey=101861
https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/101861/pdf
https://www.airhistory.net/photo/245358/N926TA/75-0493
Location
Media:
Tactical Air Support Inc F-5E N926TA landed gear up in Reno NV after a radar trials flight when the pilot was distracted, the landing checklist was not completed and while the gear audio warning was u/s.https://t.co/mfLSiRcJTT pic.twitter.com/ksIaPZasAQ
— Aerossurance (@Aerossurance) October 16, 2020
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Aug-2020 05:18 | Geno | Added |
| 26-Aug-2020 06:23 | RobertMB | Updated [Cn, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Aug-2020 00:35 | Captain Adam | Updated [Damage, Narrative] |
| 16-Oct-2020 10:32 | Aerossurance | Updated [Nature, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 28-Jun-2021 18:36 | aaronwk | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative, Category] |
| 28-Jun-2021 18:37 | harro | Updated [Narrative, Accident report] |
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