# Incident 19961228044099I: Amtr MEYERS145, Fort Pierce, FL, December 28, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 28, 1996, 16:13 local time
- Place: Fort Pierce, FL
- Airport: St Lucie County International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.4256° N, 80.3404° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Pierce, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.4256&lon=-80.3404&mi=10
- Aircraft: N145RH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N145RH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Husted Dean MEYERS 145 REPLICA (registry code 056139K, https://openairdocs.org/model/husted-dean-meyers-145-replica) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR MEYERS145
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,400 total, 400 in this make and model, 85 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961228044099I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE AIRPLANE, AN EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR-BUILT MEYERS 145 REPLICA, EXPERIENCED A COLLAPSE OF THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR DURING LANDING ROLL-OUT. THE PIC SUBSEQUENTLY REPORTED THAT INVESTIGATION INTO THE CAUSE OF THE COLLAPSE HAD REVEALED A WEAK "LOCKOVER SPRING" ON THE LEFT GEAR. NO PART NUMBER FOR THE SPRING WAS AVAILABLE..

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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