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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtrbk Deltakitten · Oshkosh, WI · July 29, 1997

Date
July 29, 1997 · 10:30 local
Place
Oshkosh, WI
Airport
Wittman Regional Airport
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N27DF
Reported as
Amtrbk Deltakitten
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,200 total306 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

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: gear would not come down. Gear doors would not open. Attempted emerg. Extension, gear still would not come down. Broke gear handle trying to lower gear. Experimental homebuilt aircraft recently modified to include gear doors. Gear doors failed to open and gear would not extend.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: GEAR WOULD NOT COME DOWN. GEAR DOORS WOULD NOT OPEN. ATTEMPTED EMERG. EXTENSION, GEAR STILL WOULD NOT COME DOWN. BROKE GEAR HANDLE TRYING TO LOWER GEAR. EXPERIMENTAL HOMEBUILT AIRCRAFT RECENTLY MODIFIED TO INCLUDE GEAR DOORS. GEAR DOORS FAILED TO OPEN AND GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND.