# Incident 20000603027829I: Dhav DHC3, Bullhead City, AZ, June 3, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 3, 2000, 08:54 local time
- Place: Bullhead City, AZ
- Airport: Laughlin/Bullhead Internation
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: GJRA
- Location: 35.1478° N, 114.5683° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bullhead City, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1478&lon=-114.5683&mi=10
- Aircraft: N50KA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N50KA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland DHC-3 (registry code 2802412, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52034, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC3
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,100 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000603027829I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON DEPARTURE FROM IFP AIRPORT, PILOT RAISED LANDING GEAR ON AMPHIBIOUS FLOATS AND HEARD A "POP" NOISE. AIRCRAFT HAD AN UNSAFE LANDING GEAR INDICATION.  PILOT IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AND EXTENDED THE LANDING GEAR.  LANDING GEAR INDICATED AN UNSAFE CONDITION.  PILOT MADE A PASS BY THE TOWER FOR THE TOWER TO OBSERVE THE LANDING GEAR.  THE TOWER NOTED NO ABNORMAL LANDING GEAR POSITION. THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRPLANE AND ON LANDING, THE LEFT LANDING GEAR STRUT COLLAPSED WITH MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AMPHIBIOUS FLOAT.  THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY ON LANDING.  ADDITIONAL DAMAGE TO THE FLOAT WAS CAUSED WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM THE RUNWAY AREA.

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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