# Incident 19970321008519I: Amtr LANCAIR, St Charles, MO, March 21, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 21, 1997, 16:35 local time
- Place: St Charles, MO
- Airport: St Charles County Smart Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7957° N, 90.5154° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Charles, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7957&lon=-90.5154&mi=10
- Aircraft: N65BJ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR LANCAIR
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 630 total, 138 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970321008519I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PLEASURE & PRACTICE FLIGHT; RETURNING TO HOME AIRPORT.LANDING RWY 18 AT ST. CHARLES SMARTT AIRPORT; HIT HARD ON RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR, INITIATED AN ABORTED LANDING; APPROACHED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 36; RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED ON ROLLOUT; ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ INCIDENT CLOSED.

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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