# Incident 20000902029779I: Amtr TWINJET1500, Canon City, CO, September 2, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 2000, 12:00 local time
- Place: Canon City, CO
- Airport: Fremont County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.4286° N, 105.1069° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FREMONT COUNTY (1V6), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4286&lon=-105.1069&mi=10
- Aircraft: N750TJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N750TJ-2014-10-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bornhofen Bob TWINJET 1500 (registry code 05607M7, https://openairdocs.org/model/bornhofen-bob-twinjet-1500) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR TWINJET1500
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 20 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000902029779I

## Narrative

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

(-23)THIS AIRCRAFT WAS UNDERGOING FLIGHT TESTS AT THE TIME OF THIS INCIDENT. THIS IS AN EXPERIMENTAL CATEGORY AIRCRAFT IS UNDERGOING DEVELOPMENT FOR FUTURE  PRODUCTION AS A HOMEBUILT/KIT.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON ITS 2ND FLIGHT OF THE DAY WHEN, ON FINAL APPROACH IT WAS NOTED THAT THE LEFT MAIN GEAR DID NOT INDICATE DOWN & LOCKED.  THIS INITIAL LANDING APPROACH WAS AT THE CANNON CITY AIRPORT.  UPON REALIZING THERE WAS A GEAR PROBLEM, PIC DECIDED TO DO A FLY-BY AT THE PUBLEO TOWER. TOWER CONFIRMED THAT THE LEFT MAIN GEAR WAS NOT FULLY EXTENDED.  LANDING WAS DECIDED TO BE AT PUEBLO, DUE TO AVAILABILITY OF CFR EQUIPMENT.  LANDING RESULTED IN MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE COMPOSITE STRUCTURE OF THE FUSELAGE.  INVESTIGATION BY THE MANUFACTURER HAS REVEALED THAT A WELD ON THE LEFT MAIN STRUT DID NOT HAVE PROPER PENETRATION.  THIS LANDING GEAR IS A FABRICATED UNIT UNIQUE TO THIS AIRCRAFT.  DIFFERENT WELDING FABRICATOR IS PLANNED FOR FUTURE CONSTRUCTION.

## Other reports on N750TJ (2)

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

- [Accident 20030124007049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030124007049A), Jan 24, 2003: Amtr TWINJET1500 (N750TJ), Melbourne, FL, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) On January 24, 2003, at approximately 1649 EST an experimental amateur built jet aircraft informed ATC that the landing gear would not extend. The…
- [Incident 20020530020869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020530020869I), May 30, 2002: Amtr TWINJET1500 (N750TJ), Cocoa, FL, Minor damage. (-23) The main landing gear collapsed while the experimental amateur-built aircraft was taxiing to the active runway. Post-mishap examination of the aircraft…

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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