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FAA incident report · Amtres SX300 · St Louis, MO · November 27, 1998

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Date
November 27, 1998 · 11:30 local
Place
St Louis, MO
Airport
Spirit Of St Louis Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5SX
Reported as
Amtres SX300
Reported engine
Lycoming O540*
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,800 total332 in this make and model42 in the last 90 days
N5SXRegistration cancelled Jan 14, 2023 · Fonville John C SWEARINGEN SX300S/N FYP-040 · Built 1996Airframe modelFonville John C SWEARINGEN SX300Engine modelLycoming IO-540 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-5)On 11-27-98 Mr. Fonville was enroute from ft. worth, TX to st. clair, M0. When Mr. Fonville selected the landing gear down for landing at st. clar MO. He received an unsafe left main gear indictation. Following several unsucessful attempts to lower the landing gear, Mr. Fonville elected to proceed to the Spirit of st. Louis airport because of safety facilites. Mr. Fonville intentionally landed his aircraft with the landing gear in the up position for safety reasons. There were no injuries and the aircraft sustained minor damage.

As the FAA filed it

(-5)ON 11-27-98 MR. FONVILLE WAS ENROUTE FROM FT. WORTH, TX TO ST. CLAIR, M0. WHEN MR. FONVILLE SELECTED THE LANDING GEAR DOWN FOR LANDING AT ST. CLAR MO. HE RECEIVED AN UNSAFE LEFT MAIN GEAR INDICTATION. FOLLOWING SEVERAL UNSUCESSFUL ATTEMPTS TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR, MR. FONVILLE ELECTED TO PROCEED TO THE SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS AIRPORT BECAUSE OF SAFETY FACILITES. MR. FONVILLE INTENTIONALLY LANDED HIS AIRCRAFT WITH THE LANDING GEAR IN THE UP POSITION FOR SAFETY REASONS. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.

Other reports on N5SX · 1

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

Accident 20210918015889AClimb · Buckeye, AZOn Saturday, 09/18/2021, at approximately 0824 MST, a swearingen SX300, N5SX, serial number FYP-040, experienced engine failure in flight and crashed landed off airport in maricopa, Arizona. The aircraft was operating from gila bend airport in daylight, VMC…Sep 18, 2021 · Substantial damage