# Incident 20011215032519I: Amtr VELOCITYXL, Knoxville, TN, December 15, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 15, 2001, 17:50 local time
- Place: Knoxville, TN
- Airport: Mc Ghee Tyson
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.8111° N, 83.9941° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MC GHEE TYSON (TYS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8111&lon=-83.9941&mi=10
- Aircraft: N800CB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR VELOCITYXL
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 265 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011215032519I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED DKX FOR APF. AFTER DEPARTURE PILOT NOTED GEAR INDICATOR LIGHT WAS UNSAFE AND THE PUMP WAS CONTINUING TO RUN. EVENTUALLY CIRCUIT BREAKER TRIPPED AND COCKPIT LIGHTING WAS LOST. PILOT ELECTED TO LAND AT TYS AND NOSEWHEEL WOULD NOT EXTEND. PILOT NOTED HE WAS HIGH ON VISUAL GLIDE SLOPE AND ELECTED TO SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE. AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN AND STRUCK THE LIP RWY. 5R AND DAMAGED ONE OF THE MAIN 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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