# Incident 19970721027269I: Amtr FW190, Fargo, ND, July 21, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 1997, 13:20 local time
- Place: Fargo, ND
- Airport: Hector International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.9206° N, 96.8157° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HECTOR INTL (FAR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.9206&lon=-96.8157&mi=10
- Aircraft: N317DG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N317DG-2013-07-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gierszewski David J WAR FW190 (registry code 05618VA, https://openairdocs.org/model/gierszewski-david-j-war-fw190) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR FW190
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,395 total, 12 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970721027269I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 35 AT HECTOR INT'L, FARGO, ND AFTER TOUCHDOWN PILOT FELT RH WING DROP WITH WING DROPPING TO RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT THEN VEERED TO THE RIGHT AND BEGAN SLIDING SIDEWAYS WHICH THEN BUCKLED LH GEAR. AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON RUNWAY. LANDING GEAR FAILURE CAUSED BY INFERIOR WELDING DURING MANUFACTURE. PILOT BUILDER COUNSELED ON WELDING TECHNIQUES. PILOT STATED HE HAD PURCHASED THE A/C WITH SOME OF THE COMPONENTS ALREADY COMPLETED. THE GEAR WAS COMPLETED. PILOT BUILDER IS TO REMOVE GEAR AND REMANUFACTURE.

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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