# Incident 19980616030329I: Amtr LANCAIR, Franklin, NC, June 16, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 16, 1998, 08:20 local time
- Place: Franklin, NC
- Airport: Macon County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2223° N, 83.4200° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MACON COUNTY (1A5), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2223&lon=-83.4200&mi=10
- Aircraft: N49LA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N49LA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Brittian Jimmie L LANCAIR 0235 (registry code 056127E, https://openairdocs.org/model/brittian-jimmie-l-lancair-0235) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O290D2
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,200 total, 15 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980616030329I

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED THAT HE WAS TEST FLYING THE AIRCRAFT BECAUSE HE INSTALLED A PROPELLER. DURING TEST FLIGHT MR. THOMAS BECAME DISTRACTED BY PROPELLER VIBRATION. INSTEAD OF PLACING GEAR HANDLE TO THE DOWN POSITION, MR. THOMAS PLACED THE GEAR HANDLE TO THE INTERMEDIATE POSITION. MR. THOMAS LANDED WITH THE GEAR IN THE UP AND LOCKED POSITION. MR. THOMAS REPORTED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRPLANE.

## Other reports on N49LA (1)

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

- [Incident 19970922033819I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970922033819I), Sep 22, 1997: Amtr LANCAIR (N49LA), Clemson, SC, Minor damage. Narrative: pilot was practicing touch and go's, and on second landing, the nose gear collapsed on roll out.

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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