# Incident 19960607013049I: Amtr LANCAIR, Aurora, OR, June 7, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 7, 1996, 14:30 local time
- Place: Aurora, OR
- Airport: Aurora State Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.2471° N, 122.7700° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AURORA STATE (UAO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.2471&lon=-122.7700&mi=10
- Aircraft: N10ZC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N10ZC-2010-10-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Poynor Ray E LANCAIR 320 (registry code 05620NL, https://openairdocs.org/model/poynor-ray-e-lancair-320) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR LANCAIR
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,729 total, 20 in this make and model, 141 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960607013049I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT, ELIZABETH ANN ROBBINS, STATED THAT SHE DEPARTED AURORA STATE AIRPORT THE MORNING OF JUNE 7, 1996 AND FLEW TO INDEPENDENCE AIRPORT. AT INDEPENDENCE SHE HAD LUNCH AND THEN DECIDED TO PRACTICE SOME LANDINGS BEFORE RETURNING TO AURORA. WHILE ON DOWN WIND ON HER FIFTH TOUCH AND GO LANDING SHE NOTED THE NOSE GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATOR WAS NOT ILLUMINATED, SHE THEN RECYCLED THE LANDING GEAR WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS. SHE CONTACTED THE FBO ON THE UNICOM FREQUENCY AND ASK THEM TO VERIFY THE POSITION OF THE NOSE GEAR. OBSERVERS ON THE GROUND CONFIRMED THAT THE NOSE GEAR WAS NOT DOWN. MS. ROBBINS THEN ELECTED TO RETURN TO THE AURORA AIRPORT. UPON ARRIVAL AT THE AURORA AIRPORT SHE CALLED UNICOM AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOAMED THE RUNWAY FOR AN EMERGENCY LANDING. AFTER TRYING UNSUCCESSFULLY TO EXTEND THE NOSE GEAR SHE ELECTED TO LAND ON THE FOAMED RUNWAY WITH THE NOSE GEAR IN THE UP POSITION. DURING THE RESULTING LANDING THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND MS. ROBBINS WAS NOT INJURED. THE CAUSE OF THE NOSE GEAR FAILURE WAS DETERMINED TO BE THE NOSE WHEEL WAS TURNED WHEN IT WAS RETRACTED AND IT JAMMED AGAINST THE NOSE GEAR DOOR HINGES.

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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