# Incident 19970301008279I: Amtr LANCAIR, Hesperia, CA, March 1, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 1, 1997, 15:30 local time
- Place: Hesperia, CA
- Airport: Hesperia Air Lodge Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.4264° N, 117.3009° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hesperia, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4264&lon=-117.3009&mi=10
- Aircraft: N95PE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N95PE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: EPP Paul B LANCAIR 360 (registry code 05625YG, https://openairdocs.org/model/epp-paul-b-lancair-360) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR LANCAIR
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,430 total, 274 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970301008279I

## Narrative

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

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^

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