# Incident 20010310003209I: Amtr GLASAIRIII, Chattanooga, TN, March 10, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 10, 2001, 15:37 local time
- Place: Chattanooga, TN
- Airport: Lovell Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0352° N, 85.2036° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LOVELL FLD (CHA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0352&lon=-85.2036&mi=10
- Aircraft: N540CT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N540CT-2015-05-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Feintuch Theodore A GLASAIR III (registry code 05691DY, https://openairdocs.org/model/feintuch-theodore-a-glasair-iii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR GLASAIRIII
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 755 total, 210 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010310003209I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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