N817D is a 2024 Porto Aviation Group S P A RISEN SUPER VELOCE. It is a fixed-wing single-engine aircraft with 2 seats, powered by a Rotax 916 IS rated at 160 horsepower. The registration is active, with the registrant based in Incline Village, NV. Its experimental airworthiness certificate was issued in Feb 2025. It has been registered to its current owner since Aug 2024. This page also carries 1 NTSB event.
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The pilot was conducting a maintenance test flight and had conducted several landings, all of which were uneventful. During the final approach to land, he thought he had lowered the landing gear but did not confirm whether the gear-down advisory lights were illuminated. He subsequently landed the airplane with the landing gear retracted, which resulted in substantial damage to the lower fuselage composite structure.
The pilot reported no pre-accident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. The pilot added that the LED gear-down advisory lights were not very bright and that sunlight made them difficult to see.
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