# Incident 19970927034479I: Amtr VELOCITY, Chesapeake/Hunt, WV, September 27, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 27, 1997, 11:30 local time
- Place: Chesapeake/Hunt, WV
- Airport: Lawrence County Airpart Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2229° N, 81.5362° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chesapeake, WV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2229&lon=-81.5362&mi=10
- Aircraft: N647JA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N647JA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Wright T J/Anderson J P VELOCITY RG (registry code 056031U, https://openairdocs.org/model/wright-t-j-anderson-j-p-velocity-rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR VELOCITY
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 216 total, 70 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970927034479I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ACCORDING TO MR. ANDERSON'S STATEMENT, HE WAS ON HIS THIRD PASS TO THE RUNWAY WHEN HE LOWERED THE NOSE TO GET THE AIRCRAFT ON THE RUNWAY. AS A RESULT OF THIS, THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE RUNWAY WITH SUFFICIENT FORCE TO CAUSE THE NOSE WHEEL TO COLLAPSE, AND ALSO CRACK THE RIGHT MAIN STRUT. THE AIRCRAFT TRAVELED APPROX. 1500 FT., SLIDING ON THE REMAINING PORTION OF THE NOSE GEAR. THE IMPACT SPREAD THE MAIN GEAR SO AS TO CAUSE THE CALIPERS TO DRAG THE PAVEMENT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE OCCUPANTS OF THE AIRCRAFT. IT WAS APPARENT THAT THE PILOT, MR. ANDERSON, WAS MAKING A VERY FAST APPROACH TO THE RUNWAY. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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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