# Incident 20000919017409I: Amtr VELOCITYXLRG, Lansing, MI, September 19, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 19, 2000, 10:14 local time
- Place: Lansing, MI
- Airport: Capital City
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7325° N, 84.5555° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lansing, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7325&lon=-84.5555&mi=10
- Aircraft: N949WR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N949WR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Rose Wes VELOCITY XL RG (registry code 05608XJ, https://openairdocs.org/model/rose-wes-velocity-xl-rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR VELOCITYXLRG
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1J5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 200 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000919017409I

## Narrative

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

(-23) 09/19: PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY ENROUTE FROM FLINT TO ZEELAND; A/C DIVERTED TO LANSING (LAN) PILOT SMELLED SMOKE, ELECTRICAL FIRE IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT; THE LANDING GEAR CONTROL C/B POPPED AND ENGINE VIBRATION STARTED; HE EXTENDED GEAR MANUALLY (FREEFALL). DURING LANDING ROLL-OUT THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. A/C TOTAL TIME: 41.8 HOURS; C OF A:05-26-00 SMOKE WAS CAUSED BY THE FAILURE OF THE RIGHT EXHAUST STACK JUST AFT OF THE #6 CYLINDER. HOT EXH. GASES MELTED THE INSULATION ON THE WIRE HARNESS TO THE THROTTLE/GEAR WARNING HORN, AND CAUSED ARCING. THE FAILED EXHAUST PIECE DEPARTED THE COWLING AND STRUCK THE PROPELLER. THE GEAR WAS NOT FULLY DOWN AND LOCKED WHEN THE A/C LANDED, CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE:MINOR DAMAGE TO NOSE ONLY.

## Other reports on N949WR (1)

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

- [Incident 20080421832259I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080421832259I), Apr 21, 2008: Amtr VELOCITYXLRG (N949WR), Tacoma, WA, Minor damage. (-23) On April 21, 2008, the pilot [privacy data omitted] operated a velocity xlrg, N949WR, (an amateur-built aircraft), at the Tacoma Narrows Airport. During…

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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