20001031031669I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr LANCAIR IV · Reno, NV · October 31, 2000

Date: October 31, 2000 · 19:21 local
Place: Reno, NV
Airport: Reno/Tahoe International Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N417DB
Reported as: Amtr Lancairiv
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,000 total197 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

N417DBRegistered now · Buck David G LANCAIR IVS/N LIV-022 Airframe modelBuck David G LANCAIR IV Engine modelLycoming IO-540 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

(-23)This owner/pilot/experimental airplane repairman elected to land his airplane with the nose gear and right main gear down when the left main gear failed to extend. He was the sole occupant and was not injured. The airplane sustained minimal damage to the left wing tip only. The pilot stated that it has been eleven months since he performed the last required annual/condition inspection. He suspects the brake caliper of the left gear hang up on the teflon slid which opens the gear door thus preventing the gear extending. The landing gear operated normally after the gear door was pried open.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)THIS OWNER/PILOT/EXPERIMENTAL AIRPLANE REPAIRMAN ELECTED TO LAND HIS AIRPLANE WITH THE NOSE GEAR AND RIGHT MAIN GEAR DOWN WHEN THE LEFT MAIN GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND. HE WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT AND WAS NOT INJURED. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED MINIMAL DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING TIP ONLY. THE PILOT STATED THAT IT HAS BEEN ELEVEN MONTHS SINCE HE PERFORMED THE LAST REQUIRED ANNUAL/CONDITION INSPECTION. HE SUSPECTS THE BRAKE CALIPER OF THE LEFT GEAR HANG UP ON THE TEFLON SLID WHICH OPENS THE GEAR DOOR THUS PREVENTING THE GEAR EXTENDING. THE LANDING GEAR OPERATED NORMALLY AFTER THE GEAR DOOR WAS PRIED OPEN.