# Incident 19991003031269I: Amtr SEAWIND3000, Durango, CO, October 3, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 3, 1999, 09:20 local time
- Place: Durango, CO
- Airport: Durango-La Plata County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.1515° N, 107.7538° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DURANGO-LA PLATA COUNTY (DRO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.1515&lon=-107.7538&mi=10
- Aircraft: N26HH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N26HH-2002-10-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hicks H R/Hicks F SEAWIND 3000 (registry code 05607RC, https://openairdocs.org/model/hicks-h-r-hicks-f-seawind-3000) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR SEAWIND3000
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,300 total, 9 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991003031269I

## Narrative

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

(-23) NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED WHILE LANDING AT DURANGO, CO. ONE PERSON ON BOARD, NO INJURIES WITH MINOR DAMAGE TO NOSE OF AIRCRAFT. AIRCRAFT NOSE WAS RAISED AND NOSE GEAR EXTENDED AND LOCKED.  PILOT THEN FLEW AIRCRAFT TO ANAMUS AIRPORT FOR INSPECTION OF NOSE GEAR AND NOSE REPAIR.  THE PILOT STATED THAT HE INADVERTANTLY MOVED THE GEAR SWITCH TO THE UP POSITION WHEN HE WANTED TO RAISE THE FLAPS.  THE GEAR SWITCH WAS LOCATED IN THE SAME AREA AS THE FLAP SWITCH, ABOUT 3 1/2 INCHES APART.  THE GEAR SWITCH HAS BEEN MOVED TO A POSITION THAT WILL NOT INTERFERE WITH THE FLAP SWITCH. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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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