# Incident 20010403007489I: Amtr WHTLIGHTING, Montgomery, AL, April 3, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 3, 2001, 08:27 local time
- Place: Montgomery, AL
- Airport: Dannelly Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.3668° N, 86.3000° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Montgomery, AL, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3668&lon=-86.3000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N203PL (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR WHTLIGHTING
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,000 total, 1,344 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010403007489I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 2001, N203PL, ENROUTE PRATTVILLE, AL (1A9) TO SAN MARCOS, TX WHILE LEVELING AT 6,000 FEET AFTER TAKEOFF EXPERIENCED COMPLETE HYDRAULIC FAILURE (MAIN HYDRAULIC LINE RUPTURE). ON LANDING AT MONTGOMERY (MGM) AFTER FLYING BY THE TOWER AND RECEIVING  THE REPORT OF "3 GEAR HANGING" PILOT ELECTED TO LAND ON THE RUNWAY.  THE ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN SHORTLY BEFORE TOUCHDOWN.  THE GEAR COLLAPSED AND SKIDDED TO A STOP ON THE PARTIALLY PROTRUDING GEAR AND FUSELAGE.  NO FIRE OCCURRED AND ONLY MINOR AIRFRAME DAMAGE, PROPELLOR DESTROYED, NO INJURIES.

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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