# Accident 20001118043779A: Amtr COMPAIR6WB, White Post, VA, November 18, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 18, 2000, 10:33 local time
- Place: White Post, VA
- Airport: White Post Aprt
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0625° N, 78.0911° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0625&lon=-78.0911&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8181L (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR COMPAIR6WB
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 350 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD01LA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD01LA014) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001118043779A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 18, 2000, AIRCRAFT 8181L ATTEMPTED A NORMAL LANDING ON A GRASS AIRSTRIP LOCATED AT WHITE POST, VA. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN NORMALLY AT A SPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH. DURING ROLL OUT THE MAIN LANDING GEAR TOUCHED DOWN FIRST, FOLLOWED BY THE NOSEWHEEL GEAR A FEW SECONDS LATER. INITIAL ROLL OUT APPEARED NORMAL BUT THE AIRCRAFT DEVELOPED A "SHADDER" FOLLOWED BY A COLLAPSE OF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR. NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE GROUND SKID FOR A SHORT DISTANCE THEN ROLLED UP ON ITS NOSE AND FELL OVER ONTO ITS BACK.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB IAD01LA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD01LA014), Nov 18, 2000: Gick Aerocomp CA6WB (N8181L), White Post, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight. Also causal in the accident was the under-inflated tire that flattened and locked during landing, and collapsed the nose landing gear.

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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