# Incident 20020108000229I: Amtr BERKUT, Palo Alto, CA, January 8, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 8, 2002, 17:05 local time
- Place: Palo Alto, CA
- Airport: Palo Alto Airport-Santa Clara Cou
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3965° N, 122.1431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Palo Alto, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3965&lon=-122.1431&mi=10
- Aircraft: N538AJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N538AJ-2018-06-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Daniels J R/Price Gary BERKUT (registry code 056033R, https://openairdocs.org/model/daniels-j-r-price-gary-berkut) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-360-A1D (registry code 41504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-a1d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR BERKUT
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 550 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020108000229I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT INCIDENT INVOLVING N538AJ OCCURRED AT THE PALO ALTO AIRPORT (PAO) AT 1705PST ON THE 8TH OF JANUARY 2002. N538AJ WAS ON TAKEOFF ROLL FOR DEPARTURE ON RUNWAY 31 WHEN AT MIDFIELD, ALL THREE OF THE LANDING GEARS RETRACTED. AT THIS TIME, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, LEFT WING HIT A RUNWAY LIGHT STANDARD, THEN CAME TO REST 125 FEET FROM THE CENTER LINE OF THE RUNWAY IN THE MUD. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED BY THE PILOT THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE. THE CAUSE OF THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTION IS UNDETERMINED AT THIS TIME. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N538AJ (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20160220001959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160220001959I), Feb 20, 2016: Daniels J R/Price Gary BERKUT (N538AJ), Camarillo, CA, Minor damage. N538AJ, Berkut departed runway 26 at Camarillo airport, after departure the engine failed. The pilot turned back to runway 8 making a hard landing. The hard…
- [Accident 19960618014219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960618014219A), Jun 18, 1996: Amtr BERKUT (N538AJ), Jackson, WY, Substantial damage. Main gear collapsed on landing roll had extended gear manually due failure extend. Gear motor shorted bad downlock.

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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