# Incident 19980116003799I: Amtr LANCAIR, Denver, CO, January 16, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 16, 1998, 17:45 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Airport: Jeffco Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7392° N, 104.9847° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Denver, CO, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7392&lon=-104.9847&mi=10
- Aircraft: N351DW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N351DW-2009-12-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Wakewood Pd/Mahe RH LANCAIR O-200 (registry code 05616QV, https://openairdocs.org/model/wakewood-pd-mahe-rh-lancair-o-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR LANCAIR
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 40 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980116003799I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: FROM PILOT; DEPARTED PARKLAND AT 4:15-4:30, 1/16/98 FOR PRACTICE FLIGHT. NORMAL DEPARTURE FROM COCKPIT. ON DEPARTURE, GROUND WITNESS NOTICED RIGHT HAND GEAR INBOARD GEAR DOOR REMAINED OPEN. REMAINED IN PATTERN FOR TOUCH AND GO. GEAR DOWN ON DOWNWIND, COULD NOT GET THREE IN THE GREEN. RIGHT HAND GEAR LIGHT NOT ILLUMINATED. RADIOED PERSON ON GROUND TO CHECK GEAR DOWN. SLOW PASS. NOSE AND LEFT GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED. RIGHT SIDE STILL IN THE WELL, INBOARD GEAR DOOR OPEN. PILOT CLIMBED TO 7,500 FEET AND ATTEMPTED SEVERAL EMERGENCY EXTENSIONS. NO SUCCESS. PILOT ATTEMPTED TO "HELP" GEAR DOWN BY YAWING, PITCHING AND ROLLING. NO SUCCESS. INFORMED FRIENDS ON THE GROUND HEADING FOR BROOMFIELD. INITIAL CONTACT OVER LAFAYETTE. CLEARED FOR LOW APPROACH OVER TOWER TO CHECK GEAR. APPROXIMATELY TEN MINUTES OF DAYLIGHT REMAINING. NO CHANGE IN GEAR STATUS. PILOT REQUESTED SOMEONE KNOWLEDGEABLE IN LANCAIRS ASSIST. THROUGH TOWER, ASSISTANT MADE SEVERAL SUGGESTIONS TO "HELP" GEAR DOWN BY TIMING EXTENSION WITH STEEP TURNS TO EACH SIDE. SEVERAL MORE ATTEMPTS MADE FOLLOWING THAT ADVICE. THAT FAILING, GEAR STILL STUCK, CLEARED FOR LANDING. DECIDED GEAR UP WOULD CAUSE LESS DAMAGE THAN DOWN. ENGINE SECURED ON FINAL, MASTER-OFF, FUEL-OFF. PROP WOULD NOT STOP WINDMILLING. SUCCESSFUL LANDING.

## Other reports on N351DW (2)

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

- [Accident 20070409005119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070409005119A), Apr 9, 2007: Wakewo LANCAIRO200 (N351DW), Scottsbluff, NE, Destroyed, 2 fatal. (-23) On April 9, 2007, 16:14 local time, N351DW, a Lancair O-200 aircraft, serial number 35, collided with terrain approximately 7 miles north of the western…
- [Incident 19970619015159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970619015159I), Jun 19, 1997: Amtr LANCAIR (N351DW), Erie, CO, Minor damage. Engine test flight. Made go around. Distracted by flap condition. Failed put gear down for 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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