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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr Spitfire · Irvine, CA · April 25, 1996

Date: April 25, 1996 · 17:30 local
Place: Irvine, CA
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N356TE
Reported as: Amtr Spitfire
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 5,000 total30 in this make and model35 in the last 90 days

N356TERegistration cancelled Nov 12, 2019 · Vickers/Supermarine SPITFIRE MARK XVIS/N TE356 Airframe modelVickers/Supermarine SPITFIRE MARK XVI

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.

Narrative: on 04/25/96 at 1730 LCL, Spitfire aircraft, N356TE, landed at mcas el toro to participate as static display aircraft during el toro air show 04/26/96 through 04/28/96. Shortly after touchdown the landing gear collapsed, aircraft skidded to a stop without further incident. Post incident inspection revealed the landing gear select handle in the down position but not in the lock detent. Interview with pilot confirmed gear handle was not placed in lock detent and was cause of gear collapse.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON 04/25/96 AT 1730 LCL, SPITFIRE AIRCRAFT, N356TE, LANDED AT MCAS EL TORO TO PARTICIPATE AS STATIC DISPLAY AIRCRAFT DURING EL TORO AIR SHOW 04/26/96 THROUGH 04/28/96. SHORTLY AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED, AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TO A STOP WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. POST INCIDENT INSPECTION REVEALED THE LANDING GEAR SELECT HANDLE IN THE DOWN POSITION BUT NOT IN THE LOCK DETENT. INTERVIEW WITH PILOT CONFIRMED GEAR HANDLE WAS NOT PLACED IN LOCK DETENT AND WAS CAUSE OF GEAR COLLAPSE.