# Incident 19880904056729I: Amtrsn SKYBOLT, Friendswood, TX, September 4, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 1988, 14:30 local time
- Place: Friendswood, TX
- Airport: Polly Ranch Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.5047° N, 95.1753° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at POLLY RANCH (7XS0), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5047&lon=-95.1753&mi=10
- Aircraft: N75CM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N75CM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mckinnis STEEN SKYBOLT (registry code 0565570, https://openairdocs.org/model/mckinnis-steen-skybolt) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRSN SKYBOLT
- Reported engine: LYC IO360A1B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,354 total, 109 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880904056729I

## Narrative

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

LEFT MAIN GEAR FAILED ON ROLLOUT. FOUND A FATIGUE CRACK JUST OUTBOARD OF WELDED TUBING FOR GEAR SHOCK CORD.

## Other reports on N75CM (1)

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

- [Accident 20000320010409A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000320010409A), Mar 20, 2000: Amtr STEENSKYBOLT (N75CM), Tuscaloosa, AL, Substantial damage. (-23) March 20, 2000, at approx. 3:40 pm, a steen skybolt (N75CM) made an emergency landing airport. The cause of the forced landing was due to partial power…

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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