20021024032639I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr GP4 · Roanoke, VA · October 24, 2002

Date: October 24, 2002 · 15:02 local
Place: Roanoke, VA
Airport: Roanoke Regional/Woodrum Field
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N994PG
Reported as: Amtr GP4
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 750 total531 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) On 10/24/2002, N994PG, a retractable landing gear amateur built, osprey GP4 aircraft was enroute from brockport, NY (7G0) to charlotte, NC (clt). At approximately 200 knots cruise, the mechanical landing gear actuating bar was inadvertently released, the landing gear to extended very quickly, causing damage to the main actuating mechanism. The pilot declared an emergency and landed at the Roanoke regional airport (roa). During the landing rollout both main landing gears collapsed, the aircraft veered to the right and upon exiting the runway, the nose gear dug in and collapsed. There were no injuries to the pilot or passenger. The aircraft received minor damage.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON 10/24/2002, N994PG, A RETRACTABLE LANDING GEAR AMATEUR BUILT, OSPREY GP4 AIRCRAFT WAS ENROUTE FROM BROCKPORT, NY (7G0) TO CHARLOTTE, NC (CLT). AT APPROXIMATELY 200 KNOTS CRUISE, THE MECHANICAL LANDING GEAR ACTUATING BAR WAS INADVERTENTLY RELEASED, THE LANDING GEAR TO EXTENDED VERY QUICKLY, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE MAIN ACTUATING MECHANISM. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED AT THE ROANOKE REGIONAL AIRPORT (ROA). DURING THE LANDING ROLLOUT BOTH MAIN LANDING GEARS COLLAPSED, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT AND UPON EXITING THE RUNWAY, THE NOSE GEAR DUG IN AND COLLAPSED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR PASSENGER. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE.