Mailing List lml@lancaironline.net Message #31518
From: Dan Schaefer <dfs155@adelphia.net>
Sender: <marv@lancaironline.net>
Subject: Re: Lancair Accident Info
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 15:05:39 -0400
To: <lml@lancaironline.net>
Chris Zavatson wrote:

On top of that, most prop strikes, gear-up landings etc. never make into
the NTSB data base.<<<

Chris, following a gear-up experienced by a friend in his Falco a couple of
years ago here in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, (mechanism failure - not a head
failure) the local FSDO in Spokane referred to it as an "incident" rather
than an accident. I don't think "incidents" make it into the database.
Perhaps if there had been an injury or fatality that would change the
characterization. I believe prop strikes, if even reported, fall into the
same category.

I'm sure we have some Friendly Aviation Administration types on the list -
what say you?

Dan Schaefer




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