# Incident 20020402012359I: Amtr AEROSTARBIRD, El Cajon, CA, April 2, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 2, 2002, 13:52 local time
- Place: El Cajon, CA
- Airport: Gillespie Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8262° N, 116.9724° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GILLESPIE FLD (SEE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8262&lon=-116.9724&mi=10
- Aircraft: N35DT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N35DT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Teufel Armin U ATS AEROSTAR-BIRD (registry code 0560582, https://openairdocs.org/model/teufel-armin-u-ats-aerostar-bird) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR AEROSTARBIRD
- Reported engine: LYC O320D1A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 375 total, 4 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020402012359I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING. THERE WAS A LIGHT CROSSWIND AT THE TIME, BUT EYE WITNESS ACCOUNTS SUPPORTED THE PILOT'S CLAIM THAT THE LANDING WAS OTHERWISE NORMAL. EYE WITNESSES STATED THAT AFTER THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN, THE RIGHT WING DIPPED AND THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. AT SOME POINT, THE LEFT MAIN TIRE WAS SCUFFED AND BLEW. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO KEEP THE AIRCRAFT ON THE RUNWAY AND COMPLETE THE LANDING ROLL-OUT. UPON INSPECTION, THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR DOWNLOCK LINK ATTACHMENT STUD WAS FOUND BROKEN AT THE LANDING GEAR STRUT.

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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