# Incident 19970627016249I: Amtrjg QUESTAIR20, Highgate, VT, June 27, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 27, 1997, 17:30 local time
- Place: Highgate, VT
- Airport: Franklin County State Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9389° N, 73.0971° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FRANKLIN COUNTY STATE (FSO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9389&lon=-73.0971&mi=10
- Aircraft: N60BP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N60BP-1998-03-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Taylor William B QUESTAIR VENTURE (registry code 05618V8, https://openairdocs.org/model/taylor-william-b-questair-venture) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRJG QUESTAIR20
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 50 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970627016249I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: N60BP, AN AMATEUR BUILT EXPERIMENTAL ARICRAFT OWNED AND OPERATED BY WILLIAM B. TAYLOR OF WOLCOTT, VT LANDED AT THE FRANKLIN COUNTY STATE AIRPORT IN HIGHGATE VERMONT WITH THE MAIN LANDING GEAR PARTIALLY EXTENDED. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE. THE PILOT, WHO WAS THE ONLY OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT, WAS NOT INJURED. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, HE WAS APPROACHING THE RUNWAY TO LAND IN HIS QUESTAIR VENTURE AIRCRAFT WHEN HE FOUND THAT HE COULD NOT FULLY EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR. AFTER SEVERAL UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR, THE PILOT ELECTED TO LAND WITH THE GEAR PARTIALLY EXTENDED. THE AIRCRAFT SLID OFF THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS AFTER LANDING. THE LOWER FUSELAGE SKIN AND THE LANDING GEAR RECEIVED 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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