# Incident 19980909036669I: Amtr LANCAIR, Suffolk, VA, September 9, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 9, 1998, 18:30 local time
- Place: Suffolk, VA
- Airport: Suffolk Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.7282° N, 76.5836° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Suffolk, VA, within about 11 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7282&lon=-76.5836&mi=10
- Aircraft: N403WR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N403WR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Rumburg William LANCAIR 320 (registry code 05602GV, https://openairdocs.org/model/rumburg-william-lancair-320) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR LANCAIR
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 60 total, 13 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980909036669I

## Narrative

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

(-5) ON SEPTEMBER 9, 1998, THE EXPERIMENTAL HOME BUILT AIRCRAFT WAS ON A LOCAL FLIGHT WITH ONE (1) PASSENGER. UPON RETURNING TO ITS HOME BASE, THE PILOT MADE A NORMAL APPROACH BUT FAILED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR. MINOR DAMAGE OCURRED TO THE AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES RESULTED. PILOT STATED, HE FORGOT TO PUT THE GEAR DOWN. NO MECHANICAL MALFUNCTIONS OCURRED.

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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