# Incident 19790627017209I: Amtrjf BARRACUDA, La Crosse, WI, June 27, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 27, 1979, 09:03 local time
- Place: La Crosse, WI
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.8251° N, 91.2246° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of La Crosse, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.8251&lon=-91.2246&mi=10
- Aircraft: N849JA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N849JA-2016-05-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Allen-Charles BARRACUDA (registry code 05613C5, https://openairdocs.org/model/allen-charles-barracuda) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRJF BARRACUDA
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 487 total, 3 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790627017209I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

UNABLE TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR DUE TO BROKEN FITTING. GEAR COLLAPSED.

## Other reports on N849JA (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19990717047549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990717047549A), Jul 17, 1999: Amtr BARRACUDA (N849JA), Hermon, NY, Substantial damage. (.4) During a cross country flight in a homebuilt airplane, when the airplane was about 60 to 90 nautical miles from it's destination, the pilot noticed the…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.