# Incident 20020608011029I: Amtr SA300, El Cajon, CA, June 8, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 8, 2002, 12:32 local time
- Place: El Cajon, CA
- Airport: Gillespie Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- 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: N107JC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N107JC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Starduster Too SA-300 (registry code 86601KJ, https://openairdocs.org/model/starduster-too-sa-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Warner SS165 series (registry code 64504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/warner-ss165-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR SA300
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 900 total, 5 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020608011029I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED (SEE) FOR LOCAL DAY TIME VFR FLIGHT. UPON RETURN TO SEE THE PILOT LANDED ON RUNWAY 27 WITH A LEFT CROSSWIND. AFTER TOUCH DOWN, THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR, AFT, UPPER ATTACH FITTING FAILED AT A WELDED JOINT. THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AND FOLDED UNDER THE FUSELAGE. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY AFTER NOSING OVER ONTO THE PROPELLER ASSEMBLY. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED AND THERE WAS NO OTHER PROPERTY DAMAGE. A CLOSE EXAMINATION OF THE WELDED FITTING DISCLOSED RUST AND CORROSION IN THE JOINT OF THE WELD. THE REPORTING INSPECTOR SPECULATES THAT ONCE A SIDE LOAD WAS IMPOSED ON THE LANDING GEAR DURING THE CROSS WIND LANDING, THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR STRUT WAS OVERLOADED, AND FAILED DUE TO ITS DETERIORATED/CORRODED CONDITION. THIS INCIDENT IS NOT RELATED TO ANY NMAC OR PILOT DEVIATION REPORTED BY ATC. A FAA M&D REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED BY THE OWNER.

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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