# Accident 20020630038179A: Amtr ACROSPORT, Jacksonville, IL, June 30, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 30, 2002, 10:00 local time
- Place: Jacksonville, IL
- Airport: Jacksonville Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7747° N, 90.2383° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7747&lon=-90.2383&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1419, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1419-2011-08-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grenier Raymond H. EAA ACRO SPORT (registry code 3360325, https://openairdocs.org/model/grenier-raymond-h-eaa-acro-sport) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR ACROSPORT
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 596 total, 1 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI02CA196](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02CA196) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020630038179A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE OWNER AND PROPERLY CERTIFICATED PILOT AND SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE SINGLE PLACE AIRCRAFT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND AFTER A SHORT FLIGHT, WHEN HE LOST CONTROL, RESULTING IN A HARD LANDING, CAUSING THE COLLAPSE OF THE LEFT LANDING GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT RAN OFF THE RUNWAY AND STRUCK A RUNWAY LIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING, LEFT AILERON, PROPELLER, LEFT LANDING GEAR AND THE LOWER LONGERONS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FUSELAGE. THE PILOT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INJURY.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI02CA196](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02CA196), Jun 30, 2002: Grenier Acro Sport (N1419), Jacksonville, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The probable cause of this accident is a failure of the left main landing gear attachment bolt and the subsequent collapse of the left main landing gear. Repeated hard landings was a factor and a…

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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