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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr Whtlighting · Prattville, AL · April 8, 2002

Date: April 8, 2002 · 16:00 local
Place: Prattville, AL
Airport: Autauga County Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N203PL
Reported as: Amtr Whtlighting
Reported engine: Continental IO360CB
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 9,000 total1,385 in this make and model22 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Shortly after take off the pilot retracted the landing gear. While the landing gear was retracting, a slip ring failed which holds the emergency hand pump in place. Most of the hydraulic fluid was lost from the main and emergency systems. The landing gear was partially retracted. The pilot landed the aircraft and on short final shut down the engine and electrical system. Minor damage was sustained.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) SHORTLY AFTER TAKE OFF THE PILOT RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR. WHILE THE LANDING GEAR WAS RETRACTING, A SLIP RING FAILED WHICH HOLDS THE EMERGENCY HAND PUMP IN PLACE. MOST OF THE HYDRAULIC FLUID WAS LOST FROM THE MAIN AND EMERGENCY SYSTEMS. THE LANDING GEAR WAS PARTIALLY RETRACTED. THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT AND ON SHORT FINAL SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. MINOR DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED.