# Incident 19990821033529I: Amtr ERACER, Chicago/Aurora, IL, August 21, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 1999, 16:30 local time
- Place: Chicago/Aurora, IL
- Airport: Aurora Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7719° N, 88.4757° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AURORA MUNI (ARR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7719&lon=-88.4757&mi=10
- Aircraft: N345JM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N345JM-2008-07-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Morrison John K E RACER (registry code 05628U1, https://openairdocs.org/model/morrison-john-k-e-racer) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR ERACER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 120 total, 11 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990821033529I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT APPROXIMATELY 4:20 CDT, THE MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED ON N345JM, AN EXPERMINTAL AMATEUR BUILT E-RACER AIRCRAFT.  AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT, THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 09 AT AURORA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (APR).  THE 14 CFR PART 91 FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM AURORA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, SUGAR GROVE, ILLINOIS.  THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED AND THE DMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS MINIMAL.

## Other reports on N345JM (2)

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

- [Accident 20080621841819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080621841819A), Jun 21, 2008: Amtr ERACER (N345JM), Chicago/Aurora, IL, Destroyed. (-23) Departed Aurora airport, IL runway 27. Engine lost some power. Pilot notified ATC, he was returning to the airport. Smoke started to fill the cockpit.…
- [Accident 20000912042789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000912042789A), Sep 12, 2000: Amtr ERACER (N345JM), Chicago/Aurora, IL, Substantial damage. (-23) The aircraft was on a maintenance test flight for the installation of a supercharger. The aircraft lost power while on a left base to runway 33. It…

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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