# Incident 20000619032989I: Amtr ACMT, Barnwell, SC, June 19, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 19, 2000, 13:15 local time
- Place: Barnwell, SC
- Airport: Barnwell County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Autorot Descent (Rotorcraft)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2577° N, 81.3882° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BARNWELL RGNL (BNL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2577&lon=-81.3882&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8171X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8171X-2017-05-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Nance Russell W AC-MT (registry code 05606GE, https://openairdocs.org/model/nance-russell-w-ac-mt) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR ACMT
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,100 total, 270 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000619032989I

## Narrative

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

(-23)DURING CRUISE FLIGHT THE PANATARY REDUCTION GEAR BOX FAILED. THE PILOT AUTO-ROTATED AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE MAIN ROTOR AND LEFT LANDING GEAR DURING LANDING.  (NEW HORIZONS) PLANATARY REDUCTION UNIT.

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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