# Incident 20011004029109I: Amtr LIGHTINGBUG, Greenville, SC, October 4, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 4, 2001, 17:00 local time
- Place: Greenville, SC
- Airport: Donaldson Center Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.8369° N, 82.3630° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Greenville, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8369&lon=-82.3630&mi=10
- Aircraft: N63974, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N63974-2013-08-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gibbs John M LIGHTNING BUG (registry code 05607TC, https://openairdocs.org/model/gibbs-john-m-lightning-bug) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR LIGHTINGBUG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 141 total, 74 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011004029109I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR BUILT AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED BY THE OWNER/SOLE OCCUPANT. IT WAS REPORTED BY THE PILOT THAT ON TAKEOFF, THE AIRCRAFT HAD REACHED APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET AGL AND THAT HE HAD RETRACTED THE NOSE LANDING GEAR. HE STATES THAT HE NOTICED THE WATER PRESSURE GAUGE WAS READING HIGH (ABOVE 15 PSI), AND HE IMMEDIATELY REDUCED ENGINE POWER AND BEGAN TO EXECUTE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING STRAIGHT AHEAD ON THE REMAINING RUNWAY. HE STATED THAT HE ADDED TWO NOTCHES OF FLAPS AND BEGAN TO TURN THE CRANK HANDLE TO EXTEND THE GEAR. HE STATED HE DID NOT HAVE TIME TO COMPLETE THE GEAR EXTENSION AND WHEN THE AIRCRAFT LANDED, THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE PAVEMENT AND THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.

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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