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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr GLASAIR III · Chattanooga, TN · March 10, 2001

Date: March 10, 2001 · 15:37 local
Place: Chattanooga, TN
Airport: Lovell Field
Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N540CT
Reported as: Amtr Glasairiii
Reported engine: Lycoming IO540*
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 755 total210 in this make and model3 in the last 90 days

N540CTRegistration cancelled May 5, 2015 · Feintuch Theodore A GLASAIR IIIS/N 3166 · Built 1992 Airframe modelFeintuch Theodore A GLASAIR III Engine modelLycoming IO-540 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) Pilot was executing touch & go's at the cha airport. On the second touch and go attempt, the pilot experienced a left main gear intransit light (red) remaining on. The right main gear and nose gear position indicator lights were both green (down & locked). Pilor cycled gear several times with the same result. Pilot performed a fly-by of the cha tower and the left gear was confirmed as being in the up position. Pilot proceeded to the practice area to perform manuevers in an attempt to dislodge the left gear. A single engine plane flying in the practice area confirmed that the elft gear was not extending. The pilot returned to the cha airport and proceeded to perform a gear up landing on the grassy area on the west side of runway 02. Only damage to the aircraft was the propeller blades.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT WAS EXECUTING TOUCH & GO'S AT THE CHA AIRPORT. ON THE SECOND TOUCH AND GO ATTEMPT, THE PILOT EXPERIENCED A LEFT MAIN GEAR INTRANSIT LIGHT (RED) REMAINING ON. THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR AND NOSE GEAR POSITION INDICATOR LIGHTS WERE BOTH GREEN (DOWN & LOCKED). PILOR CYCLED GEAR SEVERAL TIMES WITH THE SAME RESULT. PILOT PERFORMED A FLY-BY OF THE CHA TOWER AND THE LEFT GEAR WAS CONFIRMED AS BEING IN THE UP POSITION. PILOT PROCEEDED TO THE PRACTICE AREA TO PERFORM MANUEVERS IN AN ATTEMPT TO DISLODGE THE LEFT GEAR. A SINGLE ENGINE PLANE FLYING IN THE PRACTICE AREA CONFIRMED THAT THE ELFT GEAR WAS NOT EXTENDING. THE PILOT RETURNED TO THE CHA AIRPORT AND PROCEEDED TO PERFORM A GEAR UP LANDING ON THE GRASSY AREA ON THE WEST SIDE OF RUNWAY 02. ONLY DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS THE PROPELLER BLADES.