# Incident 19790804030839I: Amtrsr SPENCERAIRCR, Anchorage, AK, August 4, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 1979, 10:14 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Lake Hood
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.1866° N, 149.9654° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKE HOOD (LHD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.1866&lon=-149.9654&mi=10
- Aircraft: N10TS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N10TS-2004-11-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Sullivan SPENCER AIR CAR S12E (registry code 9570406, https://openairdocs.org/model/sullivan-spencer-air-car-s12e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRSR SPENCERAIRCR
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 35 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/19790804030839I

## Narrative

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

GEAR INDICATION SHOWED DOWN ON AMPHIBIAN. NOSE DAMAGE WHEN PLANE TAXIED TO LAUNCH RAMP GEAR UP. SHORTED WIRE.

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.

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