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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr Lancair · Hesperia, CA · March 1, 1997

Date: March 1, 1997 · 15:30 local
Place: Hesperia, CA
Airport: Hesperia Air Lodge Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N95PE
Reported as: Amtr Lancair
Reported engine: Lycoming O360*
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,430 total274 in this make and model19 in the last 90 days

N95PERegistered now · EPP Paul B LANCAIR 360S/N 001 Airframe modelEPP Paul B LANCAIR 360

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: on March 1, 1997, at 0800 PST, Mr. Paul b. epp the pilot and owner of an amateur built Lancair 360, N95PE, landed on runway 21 of Hesperia airport, Hesperia, CA with the landing gear not fully extended and locked. The aircraft settled onto the runway on the gear doors. Damage was confined to the propeller, gear doors and flaps. Mr. Epp does not recall seeing the gear down indicator lights on. There were no injuries. The aircraft was placed on jacks and the landing gear cycled normally and the gear position lights functioned normally. privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON MARCH 1, 1997, AT 0800 PST, MR. PAUL B. EPP THE PILOT AND OWNER OF AN AMATEUR BUILT LANCAIR 360, N95PE, LANDED ON RUNWAY 21 OF HESPERIA AIRPORT, HESPERIA, CA WITH THE LANDING GEAR NOT FULLY EXTENDED AND LOCKED. THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED ONTO THE RUNWAY ON THE GEAR DOORS. DAMAGE WAS CONFINED TO THE PROPELLER, GEAR DOORS AND FLAPS. MR. EPP DOES NOT RECALL SEEING THE GEAR DOWN INDICATOR LIGHTS ON. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT WAS PLACED ON JACKS AND THE LANDING GEAR CYCLED NORMALLY AND THE GEAR POSITION LIGHTS FUNCTIONED NORMALLY. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^