# Incident 19981106040849I: Amtr BD10, Perryville, MO, November 6, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 6, 1998, 15:53 local time
- Place: Perryville, MO
- Airport: Perryville Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.8693° N, 89.8619° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PERRYVILLE RGNL (PCD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8693&lon=-89.8619&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7FF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7FF-2006-09-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Everett Frank BD-10 (registry code 05605ES, https://openairdocs.org/model/everett-frank-bd-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR BD10
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,100 total, 16 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981106040849I

## Narrative

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

(-5)THE R/H MAIN LANDING GEAR RETRACT/EXTEND ACTUATOR FAILED INTERNALLY DURING GEAR RETRACTION SHORTLY AFTER TAKE OFF WHICH DID NOT ALLOW THE R/H GEAR TO FULLY RETRACT IN THE UP AND LOCKED POSITION. THE PILOT COMMUNICATED WITH PERSONNEL ON THE GROUND TO CONFRIM THE UNSAFE GEAR INDICATION AND TRIED TO GE THE GEAR TO GO FULLY DOWN AND LOCKED, BUT WAS UNABLE GET THE GEAR TO GO OVER CENTER AND LOCKED DUE TO THE DRAG ON THE LANDING GEAR.  THE PILOT ELECTED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT WITH THE L/H AND NOSE LANDING GEAR IN THE UP AND LOCKED POSITION WITH THE R/H LANDING GEAR HANGING FREELY.  THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED ONLY MINOR DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES OCCURED WITH THIS INCIDENT.  THIS ACTUATOR WAS SENT TO MR. GERARD VANAAIST MANAGER OF THE ACTUATOR DIVISION OF EATON, WHERE IT WAS TORN DOWN FOR EXAMINATION.  THIS TEAR DOWN REVEALED THAT THE ACTUATOR WENT INTO A "FREEWHEEL" MODE BECAUSE BOTH OF THE SET SCREWS THAT HOLD THE NO-BACK SPRING INPLACE HAD BACKED OUT.  THESE SCREWS ARE LOCATED IN THE ACTUATOR INTERNALLY AND ARE INSTALLED AT THE FACTORY AT THE TIME OF ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY.

## Other reports on N7FF (1)

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

- [Accident 20030221002329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030221002329A), Feb 21, 2003: Amtr BD10 (N7FF), San Mateo Point, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) On 02/21/03 at 1630 LCL, pilot of N7FF, an experimental amateur built BD-10 jet aircraft, reported a mayday to la center that his aircraft was out of…

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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