# Incident 20030123000869I: Amtr HUGHES1B, Cottage Grove, OR, January 23, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 23, 2003, 13:30 local time
- Place: Cottage Grove, OR
- Airport: Cottage Grove State Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.8041° N, 123.0321° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COTTAGE GROVE STATE (61S), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.8041&lon=-123.0321&mi=10
- Aircraft: N258Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N258Y-2005-12-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Wright James L HUGHES 1 B (registry code 056120R, https://openairdocs.org/model/wright-james-l-hughes-1-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR HUGHES1B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,700 total, 57 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030123000869I

## Narrative

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

(-23) APPROACH TO COTTAGE GROVE AIRSTRIP, AIRCRAFT SHOWED 3 GREEN INDICATORS FOR LANDING GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED. WHEN AIRCRAFT LANDED AND WEIGHT WAS APPLIED TO LANDING GEAR, THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. WHEN THE GEAR COLLAPSED THE PROP HAD STRUCK THE RUNWAY SURFACE AND THE RIGHT WING WAS SKIDDED ACROSS THE RUNWAY AS THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT OFF THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS. DAMAGE LIMITED TO THE RIGHT WING, TAIL WHEEL ASSEMBLY, PROP AND RIGHT MAIN GEAR.

## Other reports on N258Y (1)

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

- [Accident 20030804018129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030804018129A), Aug 4, 2003: Amtr HUGHES1B (N258Y), Yellowstonepark, WY, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) Improper maintenance of the propeller caused it to go into low pitch and high RPM causing high oil and cylinder temperature. The pilot attempted 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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