# Incident 19900804040359I: Amtros OSPREY2, Pontiac, MI, August 4, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 1990, 09:55 local time
- Place: Pontiac, MI
- Airport: Oakland-Pontiac
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6492° N, 83.2874° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pontiac, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6492&lon=-83.2874&mi=10
- Aircraft: N16LN, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N16LN-2013-06-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Newmarch Leroy D OSPREY II (registry code 957052H, https://openairdocs.org/model/newmarch-leroy-d-osprey-ii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTROS OSPREY2
- Reported engine: LYC O320A3B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,805 total, 5 in this make and model, 43 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900804040359I

## Narrative

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

MAIN GEAR RETRACTED WHILE TURNING OFF RUNWAY. NO DOWNLOCK ON ANY GEAR. AIRCRAFT WILL BE MODIFIED.

## Other reports on N16LN (2)

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

- [Incident 19890607040899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890607040899I), Jun 7, 1989: Amtros OSPREY2 (N16LN), Pontiac, MI, Minor damage. Left gear collapsed on rollout. Retract rod had broken. Right rod broke previously due to hard landing.
- [Incident 19880615042159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880615042159I), Jun 15, 1988: Amtros OSPREY2 (N16LN), Pontiac, MI, Minor damage. Canopy came loose on downwind. Pilot held it shut and made a hard landing with the stick between his knees.

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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