# Incident 19950329008759I: Amtr VELOCITY, Nashua, NH, March 29, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 29, 1995, 12:15 local time
- Place: Nashua, NH
- Airport: Boire Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7824° N, 71.5141° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOIRE FLD (ASH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7824&lon=-71.5141&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4095T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4095T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Westwater Richard G VELOCITY (registry code 05618UL, https://openairdocs.org/model/westwater-richard-g-velocity) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming LIO-360-CIE6 (registry code 41577, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-lio-360-cie6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR VELOCITY
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 868 total, 280 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950329008759I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON 03-29-95, N4095TM AN EXPERIMENTAL MODEL 173 VELOCITY BUILT BY MR. WESTWATER, LANDED RWY 14 AT NASHUA, NH APPROXIMATELY 1215PM. SAID AIRCRAFT, WHICH HAS FIXED GEAR, LANDED APPROXIMATELY 80-85 MPH ON MAIN GEAR FIRST, THEN ON THE NOSE GEAR (STANDARD PROCEDURE). UPON INITIAL NOSE GEAR CONTACT WITH THE PAVEMENT, PIC NOTED ABNORMAL SHIMMY. HE LIFTED NOSE GEAR OFF THE PAVEMENT, THEN SETTLED BACK DOWN ON THE PAVEMENT. AGAIN THE ABNORMAL SHIMMY WAS PRESENT. HE ONCE AGAIN LIFTED THE NOSE GEAR OFF THE PAVEMENT, THEN SETTLED BACK DOWN FOR THE THIRD TIME. AT THIS TIME, THE NOSE GEAR SUPPORT TUBE BROKE, RESULTING IN MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. INVESTIGATION FOUND THE SUPPORT TUBE, P/N VNGA-188, IS 1 1/4" DIAMETER (OD), 4130 HEAT TREATED, AND APPROXIMATELY 3/16' WALL THICKNESS. THE TUBE FRACTURED AT A SLIGHT BEND AREA WHERE THE TUBING PROTRUDES THROUGH THE FUSELAGE. IT WAS ALSO NOTED THAT THE FRACTURE AREA HAD A DISCOLORED AREA APPROXIMATELY 1" IN LENGTH, WHEREAS THE REMAINING AREA DISCLOSED A CLEAN FRACTURE. INDICATIONS ARE THAT THIS TUBING HAD BEEN FRACTURED FOR SOMETIME, AND THAT THE OWNER HAD A HEAVY APPLICATION OF RUBBER SILICONE AROUND THIS AREA TO PREVENT WATER ENTERING THEFUSELAGE. THIS SILICONE PREVENTED ANY INSPECTION OF THE TUBE BEND AREA. A TELECON WAS HELD ON 03-31-95 BETWEEN THIS INSPECTOR AND THE MANUFACTURER OF THIS AIRCRAFT TO DETERMINE IF THIS TUBE PROBLEM WAS CONSISTENT WITH OTHER AIRCRAFT. THIS INSPECTOR WAS INFORMED THAT OF THE 50 OTHER AIRCRAFT FLYING AT THIS TIME, NONE HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM. THIS INSPECTOR WAS ALSO INFORMED THAT THIS IS THE THIRD NOSE GEAR FAILURE FOR MR. WESTWATER. EACH   "FAILURE" WAS DUE TO INEXPERIENCE AND HARD LANDINGS.

## Other reports on N4095T (1)

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

- [Accident 20000424009059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000424009059A), Apr 24, 2000: Amtr VELOCITY (N4095T), Hilton Island, SC, No damage. (-23) Pilot reported that during take off when the aircraft reached 80 knots, he attempted to lift off and the aircraft did not appear to want to lift. He then…

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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