# Incident 19960425013559I: Amtr SPITFIRE, Irvine, CA, April 25, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 25, 1996, 17:30 local time
- Place: Irvine, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6695° N, 117.8231° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Irvine, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6695&lon=-117.8231&mi=10
- Aircraft: N356TE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N356TE-2019-11-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Vickers/Supermarine SPITFIRE MARK XVI (registry code 9470122, https://openairdocs.org/model/vickers-supermarine-spitfire-mark-xvi) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR SPITFIRE
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 30 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960425013559I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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