# Incident 20000326000669I: Amtr VELOCITYRG, Everett, WA, March 26, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 26, 2000, 15:30 local time
- Place: Everett, WA
- Airport: Snohomish County - Paine Fld
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.9790° N, 122.2021° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Everett, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.9790&lon=-122.2021&mi=10
- Aircraft: N300VT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N300VT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Harbert Charles VELOCITY RG (registry code 05607BB, https://openairdocs.org/model/harbert-charles-velocity-rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming HIO-360 series (registry code 41524, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-hio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR VELOCITYRG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 246 total, 7 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000326000669I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED RUNWAY 34L AT PAE.  OBSERVING THE CLIMBOUT, PAE CONTROL TOWER ADVISED PILOT THAT HE WAS TRAILING SMOKE AND SHOULD RETURN TO THE FIELD, TAKING RUNWAY 16R.  AS PILOT WAS TURNING BASE-LEG, THE ENGINE FAILED.  PILOT KEPT THE AIRSPEED AT 100 KNOTS FOR "BEST GLIDE" PERFORMANCE.  OVER THE END OF THE RUNWAY THE PILOT EXTENDED THE LANDING GEAR WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO SLOW DRAMATICALLY.  THE NOSE GEAR WAS FULLY EXTENDED BUT THE MAIN GEAR WAS IN-TRANSIT AT TOUCH-DOWN.  THE MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT SLID DOWN THE RUNWAY AND FINALLY CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 70 YARDS OFF THE RUNWAY.  PILOT STATED THAT THE ENGINE APPEARED TO BE OVER-HEATING BEFORE IT FAILED AND SIEZED.  I COULD NOT CONFIRM ANY EVIDENCE OF SEIZING.  THE PROP AND PROP HUB WERE ALREADY REMOVED.  THE ENGINE STILL HAD A QUANTITY OF OIL.  INSPECTION REVEALED SOME EVIDENCE OF FIRE THAT APPARENTLY STARTED BY OIL AND OIL FUMES COMING INTO CONTACT WITH THE EXHAUST STACK.  THE SOURCE OF THE OIL WAS A CRACKED OIL COOLER.  THE EXTENT OF DAMAGE WAS A BURNED IGNITION WIRING HARNESS AND OTHER BURNED WIRING (SEE [PHOTOS); MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LOWER ENGINE COWLING (SEE PHOTOS); DAMAGE TO FIBERGLASS ON UNDER   SIDE OF BOTH WINGLETS WHEN CONTACTING THE RUNWAY (SEE PHOTOS); MAJOR DAMAGE TO TWO OF THE THREE PROPELLER BLADES WHEN CONTACTING THE RUNWAY (SEE PHOTOS). EARL L. KOENIG, ASI, FAA IIC NAME; 03/29/2000, DATE; NM REGION; SEA FSDO DISTRICT OFFICE.

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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