# Incident 19970326008989I: Amtr GP4, Plattsmouth, NE, March 26, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 26, 1997, 09:30 local time
- Place: Plattsmouth, NE
- Airport: Plattsmouth Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.9479° N, 95.9173° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Plattsmouth Municipal Airport (PMV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9479&lon=-95.9173&mi=10
- Aircraft: N54WB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N54WB-2000-05-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Berrick William H BERRICK GP-4 (registry code 05630CL, https://openairdocs.org/model/berrick-william-h-berrick-gp-4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR GP4
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,700 total, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970326008989I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: DURING LANDING AFTER AN INITIAL FLIGHT TEST OF N54WB, AN EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR-BUILT AIRCRAFT, THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY AND STRUCK A MARKER LIGHT. THERE WAS NO INJURY TO THE PILOT. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEFT LOWER WING, LEFT FLAP, LEFT LANDING GEAR DOOR AND LEFT ELEVATOR. THE INVESTIGATION FOUND THE LEFT EXTENSION/RETRACT TUBE ROD END HAD FAILED IN THE CHECK NUT AREA. THE AIRCRAFT HAD SUSTAINED A HARD LANDING ON A PREVIOUS HIGH SPEED TAXI/LIFT-OFF THAT BENT THE RIGHT EXTENSION/RETRACT TUBE ROD END. THE LEFT ROD END WAS INSPECTED BUT NOT CHANGED AND THEN IT FAILED ON THE FIRST LANDING. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

## Other reports on N54WB (1)

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

- [Accident 19990501004259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990501004259A), May 1, 1999: Amtr GP4 (N54WB), Plattsmouth, NE, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Acft crashed under unknown circumstances and was destroyed, the 2 POB suffered fatal injuries, other circumstances are unknown. (-23) the experimental a/…

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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