# Incident 19960522018499I: Amtr VELOCITY, Garden City, KS, May 22, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 1996, 11:15 local time
- Place: Garden City, KS
- Airport: Garden City Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.9275° N, 100.7244° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GARDEN CITY RGNL (GCK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9275&lon=-100.7244&mi=10
- Aircraft: N173ZG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N173ZG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hunt William O JR VELOCITY 173 RG (registry code 05625UG, https://openairdocs.org/model/hunt-william-o-jr-velocity-173-rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR VELOCITY
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 100 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960522018499I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: WHILE LANDING AT GARDEN CITY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, THE PILOT BECAME DISTRACTED LOOKING FOR ANOTHER AIRCRAFT REPORTED TO BE IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AND FAILED TO PERFORM THE "BEFORE LANDING" CHECKLIST. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY LANDED "GEAR UP" AND SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE. THE PILOT WAS UNINJURED.

## Other reports on N173ZG (1)

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

- [Incident 20070703014439I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070703014439I), Jul 3, 2007: Amtr VELCITY173RG (N173ZG), Gaithersburg, MD, Minor damage. (-23) Prior to landing at gai, the main landing gear indication light was not showing the main landing gear to be down and locked. The pilot executed a…

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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