# Incident 20000326003999I: Amtr GLASAIR, Chino, CA, March 26, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 26, 2000, 11:54 local time
- Place: Chino, CA
- Airport: Chino Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9748° N, 117.6365° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHINO (CNO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9748&lon=-117.6365&mi=10
- Aircraft: N333KM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N333KM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Macdonald John A GLASAIR SH 2R (registry code 05655VA, https://openairdocs.org/model/macdonald-john-a-glasair-sh-2r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR GLASAIR
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 25 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/20000326003999I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE DEPARTED MARCH ARB @ 1100 PST ENROUTE TO CHINO AIRPORT, CHINO CALIFORNIA. AFTER LANDING AT CHINO AIRPORT, CHINO, CALIFORN IA, HE PICKED UP A PASSENGER AND DEPARTED CHINO AIRPORT AND ASKED THE TOWER IO REMAIN IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN TO PRACTICE HIS LANDINGS.  THE PILOT SAID "WHEN HW WAS ABEAM THE TOWER FOR RUNWAY 26R, HE PERFORMED AN ABBREVIATED LANDING CHECKLIST AND FELT THAT HE HAD PUT THE GEAR DOWN AND CHECK FOR THE THREE GREEN LITES INDICATING THAT THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED, EXPECT THIS TIME HE DEVIATED FROM HIS NORMAL LANDING APPROACH PROCEDURES BY MAKING A HORT BASE TO FINAL.  AS HE SET UP THE AIRCRAFT FOR A LANDING FLAIR THE TOWER TOLD HIM TO GO AROUND, GO AROUND SEVERAL TIMES, HE APPLIED POWER BUT HEARD THE PROPELLER HITTING THE RUNWAY AND DECIDED TO REDUCE POWER AND COMMIT TO THE LANDING."  THE AIRCRAFT TOUCH DOWN IN A LEVEL CONFIGURATION WITH MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LOWER FUSELAGE, WITH PROPELLER RECEIVING MAJOR DAMAGE.  THEIRWERE NO INJURIES REPORTED BY THE PILOT AND PASSENGER.

## Other reports on N333KM (1)

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

- [Accident 19930817029619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930817029619A), Aug 17, 1993: Amtr GLASAIR (N333KM), Bakersfield, CA, Substantial damage. Landed gear up due to engine fire and lost of electric power. Pilot reported he crimped oil gage line changing oil.

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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