# Incident 19970419012729I: Amtr GLASAIRIII, St Petersburg, FL, April 19, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 19, 1997, 14:45 local time
- Place: St Petersburg, FL
- Airport: Albert Whitted Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.7651° N, 82.6269° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALBERT WHITTED (SPG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.7651&lon=-82.6269&mi=10
- Aircraft: N661CC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N661CC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Andros Chris GLASAIR (registry code 05655ZQ, https://openairdocs.org/model/andros-chris-glasair) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR GLASAIRIII
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,300 total, 500 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970419012729I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: DURING LANDING SPG RWY 24, EXPERIENCED SEVERE SHIMMY IN NOSE WHEEL FOLLOWED BY NOSE WHEEL STRUT FAILURE. MINOR SCRAPE DAMAGE TO LOWER COWL, LH MAIN WHEEL PANT SPINNER. PROPELLER TIPS CURLED. AFTER EGRESS, PILOT AND RESPONDING AIRPORT PERSONNEL FOUND A COPPER WIRE IMBEDDED IN NOSE WHEEL TIRE. AIRPORT MANAGER BOB WATKINS HAS CUSTODY OF WIRE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N661CC (2)

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

- [Incident 20000111002529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000111002529I), Jan 11, 2000: Amtr GLASAIR (N661CC), St Petersburg-C, FL, Minor damage. Pilot lost control on landing rollout/taxi. Aircraft went off to left side of runway. The left gear snapped off causing aircraft to ground loop around.
- [Incident 19850929055379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850929055379I), Sep 29, 1985: Amtr GLASAIR (N661CC), St Petersburg, FL, Minor damage. During ATC requested go around engine lost power and flaps would not retract. Engine problem undetermined.

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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