# Incident 19990424019949I: Amtr WANDERER, Torrance, CA, April 24, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 24, 1999, 15:10 local time
- Place: Torrance, CA
- Airport: Torrance Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8305° N, 118.3566° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Torrance, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8305&lon=-118.3566&mi=10
- Aircraft: N86ML, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N86ML) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lam Lawrence Y WANDERER (registry code 0561275, https://openairdocs.org/model/lam-lawrence-y-wanderer) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-360-A1D (registry code 41504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-a1d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR WANDERER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 752 total, 700 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/19990424019949I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS MAKING TOUCH-AND-GO LANDINGS AT THE TORRANCE AIRPORT WHEN A GUST OF WIND HIT HIM FROM THE SIDE AND CAUSED A HIGH SINK RATE. PILOT APPLIED FULL POWER, BUT THE AIRCRAFT'S LEFT WING HIT AN ILS SEQUENCED FLASHING LIGHT STANDARD CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE FIBERGLASS WING.

## Other reports on N86ML (4)

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

- [Incident 19900724049049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900724049049I), Jul 24, 1990: Amtryl WANDERER (N86ML), Oshkosh, WI, Minor damage. Experienced roughness in nose wheel on landing. Gear collapsed. Plastic wheel halves had broken.
- [Incident 19900523027449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900523027449I), May 23, 1990: Amtryl WANDERER (N86ML), Torrance, CA, Minor damage. Nose wheel hit threshold marker on takeoff. Nose gear linkage broke. When landed nose gear failed.
- [Incident 19890809049409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890809049409I), Aug 9, 1989: Amtryl WANDERER (N86ML), Palm Springs, CA, Minor damage. Left gear collapsed while taxiing. Cause not stated. Minor damage to wing tip.
- [Incident 19881103065869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881103065869I), Nov 3, 1988: Amtryl WANDERER (N86ML), Torrance, CA, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed during landing roll due to failure of extension mechanism. Redesigned by homebuilder later.

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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