# Incident 19971115038199I: Amtr LANCAIR, Chino, CA, November 15, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 15, 1997, 11:20 local time
- Place: Chino, CA
- Airport: Chino Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9748° N, 117.6365° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHINO (CNO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9748&lon=-117.6365&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1142W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1142W-1999-02-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Simons Frank A LANCAIR 235 (registry code 05603SU, https://openairdocs.org/model/simons-frank-a-lancair-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR LANCAIR
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 180 total, 5 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971115038199I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON NOVEMBER 15, 1997, AN EXPERIMENTAL LANCAIR 235, N1142W, PILOTED BY MR. FRANK A. SIMONS HAD TAXIED OUT TO RUNWAY 26 RIGHT AT CHINO AIRPORT WITH THE INTENT TO FLY. PRIOR TO TAKING THE ACTIVE RUNWAY, THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED, AND THE PROPELLER CONTACTED THE GROUND. THE PILOT DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED BACK TO THE OWNER'S HANGAR AND AN M OR D WILL BE SUBMITTED. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N1142W (1)

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

- [Accident 19980904022639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980904022639A), Sep 4, 1998: Amtr LANCAIR235 (N1142W), Llano, CA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Acft crashed in the open desert under unknown circumstances. (.19)on September 4, 1998, at 0800 hours pacific daylight time, a simon Lancair 235, N1142W,…

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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