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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr KR2 · Tucson, AZ · May 9, 1997

Date: May 9, 1997 · 09:09 local
Place: Tucson, AZ
Airport: Ryan Field Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N20276
Reported as: Amtr KR2
Reported engine: Continental O200A
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 7,000 total150 in this make and model45 in the last 90 days

N20276Registration cancelled Apr 17, 1999 · Delorenzo Paul KR2-PDLS/N 6-1-89-PDL Airframe modelDelorenzo Paul KR2-PDL

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: airman was practicing power off landings in his homebuilt aircraft hit a down draft causing him to land hard on the left wheel. The aircraft bounced while airborne someone on the radio told him he lost his left wheel. Pilot initiated a go-around. He retracted main wheels and proceeded to land on the nose wheel and empenage. The aircraft sustained only minor damage.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: AIRMAN WAS PRACTICING POWER OFF LANDINGS IN HIS HOMEBUILT AIRCRAFT HIT A DOWN DRAFT CAUSING HIM TO LAND HARD ON THE LEFT WHEEL. THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED WHILE AIRBORNE SOMEONE ON THE RADIO TOLD HIM HE LOST HIS LEFT WHEEL. PILOT INITIATED A GO-AROUND. HE RETRACTED MAIN WHEELS AND PROCEEDED TO LAND ON THE NOSE WHEEL AND EMPENAGE. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED ONLY MINOR DAMAGE.