# Incident 20000808035969I: Amtr LANCAIR235, Huntington, WV, August 8, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 2000, 17:00 local time
- Place: Huntington, WV
- Airport: Tri State - Walker-Long Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.4093° N, 82.4335° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Huntington, WV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4093&lon=-82.4335&mi=10
- Aircraft: N67MW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N67MW-2018-03-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Warner Marvin G LANCAIRE 235 (registry code 056034O, https://openairdocs.org/model/warner-marvin-g-lancaire-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR LANCAIR235
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,300 total, 118 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000808035969I

## Narrative

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

(-23)PILOT TRIED TO EXTEND GEAR AT ASHLAND-BOYD AIRPORT, ASHLAND, KENTUCKY (DWU) AND NOSED GEAR INDICATED NOT DOWN AND LOCKED.  HE DIVERTED TO HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA (HTS) DUE TO FIRE EQUIPMENT AVAILABLITY.  GEAR WAS RECYCLED SEVERAL TIMES WITHOUT SUCCESS OF THE NOSE GEAR EXTENDING.  GEAR WAS RETRACTED AND PILOT MADE A GRASS FIELD LANDING ALONG SIDE RUNWAY 03.  NO MAJOR DAMAGE WAS DONE TO AIRCRAFT DUE TO WET AND TALL GRASS ON FIELD.  UPON RETRIEVAL OF AIRCRAFT, GEAR WAS EXTENDED AND NOSE GEAR WAS EXTENDED AFTER MOVING A BOLT FROM NOSE GEAR GUARD AWAY FROM THE RIGHT GEAR DOOR HINDGE.  NO PERSONNEL INJURIES REPORTED.  THIS MATTER CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## Other reports on N67MW (2)

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

- [Incident 20140606013739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140606013739I), Jun 6, 2014: Warner Marvin G LANCAIRE 235 (N67MW), Worthington, KY, Destroyed. Owner stated: ?I haven?t flown the aircraft in about 3 years and had just finished a condition inspection, so I wanted to run it up. I didn?t intend to fly it.…
- [Incident 20120113001089I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120113001089I), Jan 13, 2012: Warner Marvin G LANCAIRE 235 (N67MW), Ashland, KY, Minor damage. On 1-31-2012, while in local flight at dwu, exp amateur built Lancair had an electrical failure due to cannon plug with no locking means or safety coming off…

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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