# Incident 20020530020869I: Amtr TWINJET1500, Cocoa, FL, May 30, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 2002, 13:10 local time
- Place: Cocoa, FL
- Airport: Merritt Island Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.3416° N, 80.6855° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MERRITT ISLAND (COI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.3416&lon=-80.6855&mi=10
- Aircraft: N750TJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N750TJ-2014-10-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bornhofen Bob TWINJET 1500 (registry code 05607M7, https://openairdocs.org/model/bornhofen-bob-twinjet-1500) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR TWINJET1500
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 25 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/20020530020869I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED WHILE THE EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR-BUILT AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIING TO THE ACTIVE RUNWAY. POST-MISHAP EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED THAT ONE OF THE MAIN LANDING GEAR ACTUATOR ROD-ENDS HAD FAILED; THE ROD END BEARING SHELL HAD SPLIT ALLOWING THE BEARING TO SEPARATE FROM IT. THE AIRCRAFT IS THE PROTOTYPE FOR KITS CURRENTLY BEING MARKETED FOR SALE BY MAVERICK AIRCRAFT AS THE MAVERICK JET (WWW.MAVERICKJETS.COM). THE PIC, AND EMPLOYEE OF MAVERICK, REPORTED THAT THE ROD-END WAS APPARENTLY AN INDUSTRIAL-GRADE PART INSTALLED BY THE ORIGINAL BUILDER (THE PREVIOUS OWNER) THAT WAS NOT SPECIFICALLY MANUFACTURED FOR AVIATION USE. NO DETAILED INFORMATION REGARDING THE ROD-END MANUFACTURER OR PART NUMBER WAS AVAILABLE. THE PIC NOTED THAT AVIATION-QUALITY ROD-ENDS WILL BE INSTALLED ON THE AIRCRAFT WHEN IT IS REPAIRED, AND ALSO PROVIDED WITH THE KITS.

## Other reports on N750TJ (2)

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

- [Accident 20030124007049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030124007049A), Jan 24, 2003: Amtr TWINJET1500 (N750TJ), Melbourne, FL, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) On January 24, 2003, at approximately 1649 EST an experimental amateur built jet aircraft informed ATC that the landing gear would not extend. The…
- [Incident 20000902029779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000902029779I), Sep 2, 2000: Amtr TWINJET1500 (N750TJ), Canon City, CO, Minor damage. (-23)This aircraft was undergoing flight tests at the time of this incident. This is an experimental category aircraft is undergoing development for future…

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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