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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Amtr ACRO SPORT I · Ossipee, NH · October 9, 2000

Date: October 9, 2000 · 13:00 local
Place: Ossipee, NH
Airport: Windsock
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N47TA
Reported as: Amtr Acrosporti
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 9,000 total250 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

N47TARegistration cancelled Oct 24, 2017 · Arthur Thomas W ACRO SPORT IS/N 807 Airframe modelArthur Thomas W ACRO SPORT I

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23)While making a "wheel-landing" the left main landing gear support tube failed causing aircraft to settle on its left side. The pilot had making multiple practice takeoffs and landings. The failure occurred on his third landing. Post-incident inspection revealed a crack had developed which was in a difficult position to detect visibly during routine preflight inspection.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)WHILE MAKING A "WHEEL-LANDING" THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR SUPPORT TUBE FAILED CAUSING AIRCRAFT TO SETTLE ON ITS LEFT SIDE. THE PILOT HAD MAKING MULTIPLE PRACTICE TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON HIS THIRD LANDING. POST-INCIDENT INSPECTION REVEALED A CRACK HAD DEVELOPED WHICH WAS IN A DIFFICULT POSITION TO DETECT VISIBLY DURING ROUTINE PREFLIGHT INSPECTION.