# Incident 20030524008639I: Amtr VELOCITY173, Marietta, GA, May 24, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 24, 2003, 13:35 local time
- Place: Marietta, GA
- Airport: Cobb County-Mccollum Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0132° N, 84.5970° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COBB COUNTY INTL/MCCOLLUM FLD (RYY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0132&lon=-84.5970&mi=10
- Aircraft: N33SV (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR VELOCITY173
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,735 total, 76 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030524008639I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 24, 2003, AT 1335 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME WITH UNRESTRICTED VISIBILITY AND CALM WIND, AN EXPERIMENTAL VELOCITY 173, N33SV, REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY A PRIVATE PILOT MR. OWEN. UPON LANDING THE NOSE GEAR OF THE SUBJECT AIRPLANE COLLAPSED ON RUNWAY 27 MCCOLLUM FIELD, MARIETTA, GA 30144. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, PREFLIGHT PRESENTED NO INDICATIONS OF ANY PROBLEM. THE TAKEOFF AND SIGHTSEEING FLIGHT OVER LAKE ALTOONH WERE SMOOTH AND NORMAL. THE TOUCHDOWN OF MAIN GEAR WAS SMOOTH. WHEN THE PILOT EASED THE NOSE GEAR DOWN OSCILLATIONS ERUPTED IN THE NOSE GEAR. THE STRUT SNAPPED OFF AT THE FUSELAGE CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE NOSE AND ONE OF THE THREE-PROPELLER BLADES. A VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE NOSE GEAR STRUT INDICATED A FATIGUE CRACK AND CORROSION.

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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