# Incident 20000724035179I: Amtr VIPERJET, Pasco, WA, July 24, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 2000, 19:16 local time
- Place: Pasco, WA
- Airport: Tri Cities Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.2649° N, 119.1194° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TRI-CITIES (PSC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.2649&lon=-119.1194&mi=10
- Aircraft: N520VF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N520VF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hanchette Scott VIPERJET (registry code 05607UF, https://openairdocs.org/model/hanchette-scott-viperjet) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR VIPERJET
- Reported engine: GE T58GE3
- Pilot flight hours: 7,500 total, 25 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000724035179I

## Narrative

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

(-23)NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON ROLLOUT AFTER LANDING. MOUNT WELD HOLDING HYDRAULIC ACTUATOR IN PLACED FAILED, THUS HYDRAULIC PRESSURE TO HOLD GEAR IN DOWN POSITION WAS NEGATED AS ACTUATOR WAS ALLOWED TO MOVE FROM A FIXED POSITION.  MINOR DAMAGE TO NOSE GEAR OF AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N520VF (2)

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

- [Incident 20090411004839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090411004839I), Apr 11, 2009: Amtr VIPERJET (N520VF), Pasco, WA, Minor damage. (-23) This experimental jet powered aircraft was conducting a training flight and was making an approach under gusty conditions. Aircraft got very vertical and…
- [Incident 20020313004269I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020313004269I), Mar 13, 2002: Amtr VIPERJET (N520VF), Saint George, UT, Minor damage. (-23) During landing, the canopy popped open due to gusty winds. The pilot taxied on the runway to the next taxiway, and while turning the aircraft was pushed…

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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