# Incident 19981228042399I: Amtr LANCAIRIV, Butte, MT, December 28, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 28, 1998, 14:00 local time
- Place: Butte, MT
- Airport: Bert Mooney
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.9548° N, 112.4975° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BERT MOONEY (BTM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.9548&lon=-112.4975&mi=10
- Aircraft: N124GH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N124GH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Kelliher Robert E LANCAIR IV (registry code 05628TJ, https://openairdocs.org/model/kelliher-robert-e-lancair-iv) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR LANCAIRIV
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 65 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981228042399I

## Narrative

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

(-5) ON DECEMBER 25, 1998, N124GH, A LANCER IV, PILOTED BY EUGENE HUGHES, TRIED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR FOR LANDING. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, THE GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND. THE PILOT THEN STATED THAT HE TRIED SEVERAL MANEUVERS TO EXTEND THE GEAR. THE PILOT MANUALLY HAND CRANKED THE MAIN GEAR DOWN. THE NOSE GEAR REMAINED STUCK IN THE NOSE WHEEL WELL AND THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT ON THE MAIN GEAR AND THE PROPELLER. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER.

## Other reports on N124GH (2)

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

- [Accident 20250630011419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250630011419A), Jun 30, 2025: Kelliher Robert E LANCAIR IV (N124GH), Alpine, WY, Destroyed. While landing after part 91 flight, pilot turned for final to land at Alpine, WY, 46U. During the turn, aircraft lost altitude and impacted the palisade…
- [Accident 19990508005039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990508005039A), May 8, 1999: Amtr LANCAIRIV (N124GH), Butte, MT, Substantial damage. Acft landed hard, and the landing gear and wings sustained damage. (.19) on may 8, 1999, about 1530 mountain daylight time, a Lancair iv, N124GH, registered to…

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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