# Incident 20000909025439I: Amtr COOTA, Truckee, CA, September 9, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 9, 2000, 09:13 local time
- Place: Truckee, CA
- Airport: Truckee-Tahoe Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.3201° N, 120.1396° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TRUCKEE-TAHOE (TRK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3201&lon=-120.1396&mi=10
- Aircraft: N12QQ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N12QQ-2018-01-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cook COOT A (registry code 0562144, https://openairdocs.org/model/cook-coot-a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR COOTA
- Reported engine: LYC IO320*
- Pilot flight hours: 20,000 total, 3 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000909025439I

## Narrative

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

(-23)09/09/2000, TRUCKEE, CA. AN EXPERIMENTAL COOT, (N12QQ) DURING THE SECOND FLIGHT OF THE DAY, THE PILOT EXPERIENCED A PROBLEM WITH THE LANDING GEAR UP LOCK. THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR UP LOCK WOULD NOT RELEASE.  AFTER TRYING UNSUCCESSFULLY NUMBEROUS TIMES TO GET THE LOCK RELEASE, THE PILOT ELECTED TO RETRACT THE NOSE AND LEFT WHEELS AND MAKE A SLIDE ON LANDING.  WHILE IN RADIO CONTACT WITH THE CONTROL TOWER, LANDED ON THE RUNWAY AT 091337 PDT RESULTING WITH VERY LITTLE DAMAGE TO THE KEEL OF THE AIRCRAFT.  LATER, THE WHEELS WERE LOWERED AND THE PILOT TAXIED BACK TO HIS HANGER.  THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE WILL MODIFY THE LANDING GEAR UP LOCKS TO HAVE A POSITIVE RELEASE.

## Other reports on N12QQ (1)

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

- [Accident 20020513010319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020513010319A), May 13, 2002: Amtr COOTA (N12QQ), Coeurd'Alene, ID, No damage. (-23) Airman stated that upon landing the aircraft struck a boat wake, and pitched up momentarily. On the subsequent touchdown the right wing struck the water,…

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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