# Incident 19990822013169I: Amtr ACROSPORT, Lorain - Elyria, OH, August 22, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 22, 1999, 13:20 local time
- Place: Lorain - Elyria, OH
- Airport: Lorain County Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3443° N, 82.1776° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LORAIN COUNTY RGNL (LPR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3443&lon=-82.1776&mi=10
- Aircraft: N38RH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N38RH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hartzell Richard E ACRO SPORT (registry code 05646CY, https://openairdocs.org/model/hartzell-richard-e-acro-sport) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR ACROSPORT
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,274 total, 62 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990822013169I

## Narrative

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

ACFT VEERED OFF THE RWY ON LANDING, STRUCK THE VASI, AND THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. (-23) ON AUGUST 22, 1999, AT 1320 EDT, AN EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR BUILT, RICHARD E. HARTZELL, ACROSPORT, N38RH, LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL UPON LANDING AT LORAIN COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT (22G/LPR), ELYRIA, OH, AND COLLIDED WITH RUNWAY LIGHTS AND A VASI LIGHT, AT THE CONCLUSION OF A PLEASURE FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME.  NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.  THE APPROXIMATELY CERTIFICATED PILOT, THE ONLY OCCUPANT, RECEIVED NO INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM GRIFFING-SANDUSKY AIRPORT ON AUGUST 22, 1999, AT APPROX 1300 EDT.  SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION FOUND THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR LOWER BUNGEE CORD ATTACHMENT POST BROKEN, ALLOWING THE CORD TO BECOME DISCONNECTED, CAUSING THE LEFT WING TO SETTLE LOWER THAN NORMAL.  THE PILOT FELT HE WAS COMPENSATING FOR THIS WITH OPPOSITE (RIGHT) AILERON AND RUDDER CONTROL, CAUSING HIM TO DRIFT OFF TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, STRIKING 3 RUNWAY LIGHTS AND FINALLY COMING TO REST AGAIN A VASI LIGHT.

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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