19921231055169I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr LANCAIR · El Cajon, CA · December 31, 1992

Date
December 31, 1992 · 17:00 local
Place
El Cajon, CA
Airport
Gillespie Field Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N89EB
Reported as
Amtr Lancair
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,600 total120 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Unable to lower left main gear. Made a soft field gear up landing. Nut and bolt on gear shock assembly failed.

As the FAA filed it

UNABLE TO LOWER LEFT MAIN GEAR. MADE A SOFT FIELD GEAR UP LANDING. NUT AND BOLT ON GEAR SHOCK ASSEMBLY FAILED.