# Incident 20000517022179I: Amtr LANCAIR4P, Palo Alto, CA, May 17, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 2000, 14:06 local time
- Place: Palo Alto, CA
- Airport: Palo Alto Airport-Santa Clara Cou
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3965° N, 122.1431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Palo Alto, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3965&lon=-122.1431&mi=10
- Aircraft: N114L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N114L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hine Derek L LANCAIR 4P (registry code 056039E, https://openairdocs.org/model/hine-derek-l-lancair-4p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR LANCAIR4P
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 470 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000517022179I

## Narrative

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

(-23)AIRPLANE NOSE GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND WHEN GEAR HANDLE MOVED TO DOWN POSITION DURING APPROACH TO THE PALO ALTO AIRPORT. ALTERNATE GEAR EXTENSION METHOD ALSO FAILED.  THE TOWER WAS ADVISED A ACCORDINGLY AND EQUIPMENT WAS STANDING BY.  THE LANDING WAS MADE MADE WITH LITTLE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT, SOME SKIN DAMAGE AND BENDING OF PROPELLER BLADES.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT AND HIS TWO PASSENGERS.  UPON FURTHER EXAMINATION OF THE NOSE GEAR ASSEMBLY AND THE GEAR RETRACTION MECHANISM, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE NOSE WHEEL WAS OFFSET 10 DEGREES FROM CENTER DUE TO A CENTERING CAM FAILURE AND THAT THIS CAUSED THE WHEEL TO JAM IN THE UP POSITION.

## Other reports on N114L (3)

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

- [Incident 20090730015769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090730015769I), Jul 30, 2009: Amtr LANCAIR4P (N114L), Truckee, CA, Minor damage. (-23) The aircraft landed in a construction area, short of the displaced threshold, on runway 28, striking several temporary construction barriers. The…
- [Incident 20090422005719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090422005719I), Apr 22, 2009: Amtr LANCAIR (N114L), Eads, CO, Minor damage. (-23) Experimental amature built aircraft N114L, was en route from palo alto, California to dodge city, Kansas when the window in the pilots door failed at FL…
- [Incident 20010609016549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010609016549I), Jun 9, 2001: Amtr LANCAIR4P (N114L), Truckee, CA, Minor damage. (-23) The pilot reported the approach was normal with the three green lights on. After a smooth touch down on the main wheels, the nose wheel touched and…

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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