# Incident 19980511018399I: Amtr LANCAIR, Van Nuys, CA, May 11, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 11, 1998, 14:20 local time
- Place: Van Nuys, CA
- Airport: Van Nuys Airport
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2098° N, 118.4900° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VAN NUYS (VNY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2098&lon=-118.4900&mi=10
- Aircraft: N92SB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N92SB-2017-04-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bryan Charles LANCAIR 320 (registry code 0561839, https://openairdocs.org/model/bryan-charles-lancair-320) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR LANCAIR
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 24,800 total, 5 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980511018399I

## Narrative

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

RUNWAY TRIM TAB CONDITION. DIFFICULT TO CONTROL AIRCRAFT. FAULTY ELECTRIC SERVO ACTUATOR CONTAINED STRIPPED GEARS.

## Other reports on N92SB (3)

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

- [Accident 20010727027639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010727027639A), Jul 27, 2001: Amtr LANCAIR320 (N92SB), Charleston, NY, No damage. (-23) Per witness, pilot overflew a private airport two times, very low at a high rate of speed. On a third pass aircraft was in a dive, failed to pull out and…
- [Incident 19960921034289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960921034289I), Sep 21, 1996: Amtr LANCAIR (N92SB), Great Falls, MT, Minor damage. Narrative: on 09-21-96, at approximately 1300 MST, a Lancair, N92SB, operated by private pilot walter parker, experienced a failure of the right main landing…
- [Incident 19940719030829I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940719030829I), Jul 19, 1994: Amtr LANCAIR (N92SB), Chino, CA, Minor damage. Narrative: on July 19, 1994, at approximately 15:38, PDT, michael thomson landed at the Chino Airport on runway 21 in N92SB, a Lancair, model 320. Upon 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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