# Incident 19990516016609I: Amtr LANCAIR235, Roseburg, OR, May 16, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 1999, 15:30 local time
- Place: Roseburg, OR
- Airport: Roseburg Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.2393° N, 123.3559° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ROSEBURG RGNL (RBG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.2393&lon=-123.3559&mi=10
- Aircraft: N124JH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N124JH-2007-10-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hill Jimmy LANCAIR 235 (registry code 05626K4, https://openairdocs.org/model/hill-jimmy-lancair-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR LANCAIR235
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 190 total, 22 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990516016609I

## Narrative

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

WITNESSES SAID THEY HAD OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT ON LANDING WITH THE NOSE WHEEL DOWN AND THE MAIN GEARS HANGING AT A SLIGHT 45 DEGREE ANGLE. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN NOSE WHEEL FIRST AND STARTED TO PORPUS ON THE SECOND TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT SLAMED TO THE TARMAC BRAKING THE NOSE GEAR FORK. WITNESSES STATE THE PILOT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT ON HIS OWN. ONE WITNESS STATES THE PILOT HAD TOLD HIM HE HAD 10 HOURS OF DUAL FOR MINIMUM INSURANCE PURPOSES, AND HAD THREE GREEN LIGHTS. THIS SAME WITNESS REMOVED THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE ACTIVE AND SECURED IT AT ADVENTURE AVIATION HANGAER. HE STATES THAT THE LANDING GEAR AND STALL WARNING CIRCUIT BREAKERS WERE POPED AND THE LANDING GEAR SWITCH WAS THE CENTER (NEUTRAL) POSITION. THIS WITNESS QUESTIONED THE HELPERS AND THEY DENIED TOUCHING ANYTHING IN THE COCKPIT. IN A PHONE INTERVIEW WITH THE PILOT HE SAID THAT EVERYTHING SEEMED NORMAL BUT STATED THAT ON DOWNWIND IT WAS A LITTLE TIGHT CONSIDERING THE LANCAIR'S SPEED IN THE PATTERN, WHICH WAS 100 MPH. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N124JH (1)

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

- [Accident 20050112001689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050112001689A), Jan 12, 2005: Amtr LANCAIR235 (N124JH), El Cajon, CA, Substantial damage, 1 fatal. (-23) On 1/12/05, Lancair 235, N124JH, collided with a fence while on final approach for landing at Gillespie field, El Cajon, CA. Flight conducted under CFR…

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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