# Incident 20020921032529I: Amtr LANCAIR235, Suffolk, VA, September 21, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 21, 2002, 13:00 local time
- Place: Suffolk, VA
- Airport: Suffolk Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.7282° N, 76.5836° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Suffolk, VA, within about 11 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7282&lon=-76.5836&mi=10
- Aircraft: N35FW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N35FW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Williams Indust Elect LANCAIR 235 (registry code 05620AA, https://openairdocs.org/model/williams-indust-elect-lancair-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR LANCAIR235
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,650 total, 660 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020921032529I

## Narrative

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

(-23) NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED WHILE THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIING IN AFTER LANDING. OVERCENTER MECHANISM FAILED TO HOLD THE NOSE GEAR IN THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION. BUILDER WILL SEND M&D WITH CAUSE.

## Other reports on N35FW (1)

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

- [Accident 20200925011959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200925011959A), Sep 25, 2020: Williams Indust Elect LANCAIR 235 (N35FW), Chester, CT, Substantial damage. On September 25, 2020, civil experimental aircraft N35FW, a Williams industrial electronics, model: Lancair 235, serial number: 0119, was involved in an…

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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