# Incident 19981025030199I: Amtr LANCAIR, Pontiac, MI, October 25, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 1998, 16:58 local time
- Place: Pontiac, MI
- Airport: Oakland-Pontiac
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6492° N, 83.2874° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pontiac, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6492&lon=-83.2874&mi=10
- Aircraft: N31161, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N31161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Upgrove Kevin J LANCAIR 320 (registry code 05618Y5, https://openairdocs.org/model/upgrove-kevin-j-lancair-320) (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: 1,490 total, 70 in this make and model, 42 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981025030199I

## Narrative

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

(-5)ON APPROACH INTO PONTIAC AIRPORT, PILOT SELECTED GEAR DOWN ON AIRCRAFT N31161. THE GEAR DIDN'T COME DOWN.  THE PILOT RECYCLED THE GEAR A TOTAL OF THREE TIMES WITH THE SAME RESULTS.  THE PILOT DROPPED THE LANDING GEAR MANUALLY.  HE FLEW BY ATC TO VERIFY GEAR WAS DOWN AND HE ALSO LET ATC KNOW ABOUT THE PROBLEM.  ON LANDING, AFTER SLOWING DOWN, THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED.  THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT, NO INJURIES, AND FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS ON THE SCENE.

## Other reports on N31161 (2)

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

- [Incident 20020714020739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020714020739I), Jul 14, 2002: Amtr LANCAIR320 (N31161), New Hudson, MI, Minor damage. (-23) According to the pilot of the aircraft he was coming in too fast for a good landing. The aircraft hit the runway hard and became airborne. The pilot then…
- [Incident 19991105038619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991105038619I), Nov 5, 1999: Amtr LANCAIR320 (N31161), Pontiac, MI, Minor damage. Pilot attempting yo land, hit hard, bounced twice, decided to go around raised landing gear to make a go around. When attempted to lower landing gear to land.…

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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