# Incident 19960729030729I: Amtr GLASAIRIII, Concord, CA, July 29, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 1996, 18:15 local time
- Place: Concord, CA
- Airport: Buchanan Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.9897° N, 122.0569° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BUCHANAN FLD (CCR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9897&lon=-122.0569&mi=10
- Aircraft: N883RH (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR GLASAIRIII
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,469 total, 183 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960729030729I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JULY 29, 1996, AT 1815 LOCAL TIME, AN EXPERIMENTAL HEARNE ROY A. GLASAIR III OPERATED BY PETER M. WIEBENS APPROACHED AND LANDED WITH THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR RETRACTED. WHILE ON APPROACH THE LANDING GEAR INDICATED TWO GREEN FOR THE NOSE AND THE RIGHT MAIN. THE PIC ATTEMPTED TO PUMP THE LANDING GEAR DOWN BUT HAD NO SUCCESS IN GETTING THE LANDING GEAR TO LOCK AT ALL POSITIONS. THE PIC WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 19R. UPON TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT AND RAN OFF THE ACTIVE RUNWAY ONTO THE DIRT ALONG SIDE THE RUNWAY. ONCE THE AIRCRAFT HIT THE DIRT THE RIGHT MAIN AND NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A REST. MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEFT FLAP AND WING WAS NOTED BY THE PIC. ALL LANDING GEAR SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT BUCHANAN FIELD AT APPROXIMATELY 1700 HRS. TO RIO VISTA AND RETURNED TO BUCHANAN FIELD AT 1815 HRS. NO FIRE AND NO INJURIES REPORTED.

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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