# Incident 19980319027559I: Amtr GP4, El Cajon, CA, March 19, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 19, 1998, 10:03 local time
- Place: El Cajon, CA
- Airport: Gillespie Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8262° N, 116.9724° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GILLESPIE FLD (SEE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8262&lon=-116.9724&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7224A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7224A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Baum Steve Allen GP-4 (registry code 05605DE, https://openairdocs.org/model/baum-steve-allen-gp-4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR GP4
- Reported engine: LYC IO360A1A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 152 total, 2 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/19980319027559I

## Narrative

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

DURING THE FIRST FLIGHT OF THE AIRCRAFT, THE NOSE LANDING GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND TO THE DOWN/LOCKED POSITION WHEN THE GEAR WAS EXTENDED. ONE OF THE ROD ENDS ON THE EXTNED/RETRACT PUSH/PULL ROD HAD BENT AND WAS BROKEN IN TWO. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT CONCLUSIVELY DETERMINED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N7224A (1)

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

- [Incident 20210522009929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210522009929I), May 22, 2021: Baum Steve Allen GP-4 (N7224A), El Cajon, CA, Minor damage. On 05/22/2021 N7224A landed at ksee, Gillespie Field without incident. While taxiing just short of the taxi way the left main gear collapsed. Damage was…

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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