# Incident 20020705020819I: Amtr BUCCANEER, Lake Charles, LA, July 5, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 2002, 09:10 local time
- Place: Lake Charles, LA
- Airport: Chennault Industrial Airpark
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.2266° N, 93.2174° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lake Charles, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2266&lon=-93.2174&mi=10
- Aircraft: N381P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N381P-2006-08-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Phillips B/Phillips P BUCCANEER XA650 (registry code 9570788, https://openairdocs.org/model/phillips-b-phillips-p-buccaneer-xa650) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR BUCCANEER
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX582
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 10 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020705020819I

## Narrative

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

(-23) TAILWHEEL RETRACTION CABLE SNAGGED ON BOLT HEAD CAUSING THE TAILWHEEL TO REMAIN RETRACTED WHEN GEAR WAS CYCLED DOWN FOR LANDING ON LAND. REAR PORTION OF HULL CONTACTED RUNWAY DUE TO TAILWIND REMAINING RETRACTED. AIRCRAFT SKID ALONG RUNWAY TO A STOP. EMPENNAGE WAS LIFTED MANUALLY AND TAILWHEEL WAS EXTENDED AFTER DISENGAGING CABLE. AIRCRAFT WAS THEN TAXIED UNDER ITS OWN POWER TO THE HANGAR. NO OTHER PROBLEMS NOTED.

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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