# Incident 19971018033619I: Amtr KR2, Marietta, GA, October 18, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 18, 1997, 09:27 local time
- Place: Marietta, GA
- Airport: Cobb County-Mccollum Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0132° N, 84.5970° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COBB COUNTY INTL/MCCOLLUM FLD (RYY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0132&lon=-84.5970&mi=10
- Aircraft: N28RM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N28RM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Muse Robert E SR KR-2 (registry code 05648ND, https://openairdocs.org/model/muse-robert-e-sr-kr-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Volkswagen CONVERSION (registry code 63501, https://openairdocs.org/engine/volkswagen-conversion) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR KR2
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 940 total, 800 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971018033619I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: MR. ROBERT E. MUSE, SR. THE PILOT OF N28RM LANDED AT MCCOLLUM (RYY) FIELD WITHOUT PLACING THE LANDING GEAR DOWN. ON THIS AIRCRAFT THE GEAR ONLY MOVES APPROXIMATELY 12 INCHES AND THEY DO NOT FULLY RETRACT. EVEN WHEN THE LANDING GEAR IS UP IT IS NOT COMPLETELY RETRACTED. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE UNDER SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE ONLY DAMAGE THAT OCCURRED WAS A DAMAGE PROPELLER, EXHAUST PIPES FROM THE ENGINE, A STATIC TUBE, AND FIBERGLASS FAIRING ON THE LANDING WHEELS. MR. MUSE STATED THAT HE JUST FORGOT TO PUT THE WHEELS DOWN.

## Other reports on N28RM (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19961123041319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961123041319I), Nov 23, 1996: Amtr KR2 (N28RM), Marietta, GA, Minor damage. After landing too fast turn off last taxiway. Ran off end runway.
- [Incident 19890425021269I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890425021269I), Apr 25, 1989: Amtr KR2 (N28RM), Pelion, SC, Minor damage. Engine failed to respond entering pattern. Landed on runway with gear up. Blamed distraction of forced landing.

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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