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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr BUCCANEER B2B · Valparaiso, FL · June 24, 2000

Date
June 24, 2000 · 08:48 local
Place
Valparaiso, FL
Airport
Eglin Afb
Phase of flight
Touch And Go Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N509RD
Reported as
Amtr BUCCANEERB2B
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,124 total52 in this make and model75 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23)An amphibious two place exterimental aircraft (buccaneer) was practicing take off and landings on runway 19 at Eglin Afb, Florida. After a series of touch and go landings, the right landing gear collapsed. The tubular landing gear broke on the right side which caused the right gear to collapse.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)AN AMPHIBIOUS TWO PLACE EXTERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT (BUCCANEER) WAS PRACTICING TAKE OFF AND LANDINGS ON RUNWAY 19 AT EGLIN AFB, FLORIDA. AFTER A SERIES OF TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS, THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. THE TUBULAR LANDING GEAR BROKE ON THE RIGHT SIDE WHICH CAUSED THE RIGHT GEAR TO COLLAPSE.