# Incident 19970313006879I: Amtr CORSAIRHALF, Westminister, MD, March 13, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 13, 1997, 15:05 local time
- Place: Westminister, MD
- Airport: Carrol County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6473° N, 75.9686° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Westminister, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6473&lon=-75.9686&mi=10
- Aircraft: N266PJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N266PJ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Johnson Philip T 1/2 SCALE CORSAIR (registry code 05601U4, https://openairdocs.org/model/johnson-philip-t-1-2-scale-corsair) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR CORSAIRHALF
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970313006879I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AMATEUR BUILT, EXPERIMENTAL AIRPLANE, FIRST TEST FLIGHT. AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF FROM W54 RUNWAY 34. DID NOT RETRACT GEAR, CLIMBED APPROXIMATELY 1500 FT., DESCENDED AND MADE A VFR APPROACH TO LAND ON RUNWAY 34. UPON LANDING, RETRACTABLE LANDING GEAR FAILED CAUSING BOTH MAIN GEAR TO ROTATE APPROXIMATELY 45 DEGREES OUTBOARD. AS A RESULT, AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER, (TAILWHEEL/CONVENTIONAL GEAR), PROP AND COWLING STRUCK RUNWAY AND AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST OFF THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N266PJ (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19980725025909I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980725025909I), Jul 25, 1998: Amtr CORSAIR (N266PJ), Westminister, MD, Minor damage. Upon hard landing, right gear collapsed. Right wing struck runway light causing minor damage.

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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