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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr MAVERICK 1500 · Redmond, OR · June 19, 2003

Date: June 19, 2003 · 12:03 local
Place: Redmond, OR
Airport: Roberts Field
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N411KT
Reported as: Amtr MAVERICK1500
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 8,700 total12 in this make and model109 in the last 90 days

N411KTRegistered now · Seavall Mike MAVERICK 1500S/N 6 · Built 2002 Airframe modelSeavall Mike MAVERICK 1500 Engine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG

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, 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.

What happened

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

(-23) During the landing phase of flight, the nose gear woule not down and lock. The pilot attempted to recycle the gear without success, tried to maneuver the aircraft so that the "g" forces would help extend the gear, without success. The pilot elected to land the aircraft without the nose gear down and locked. Aircraft damage was limited to the nose gear doors.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) DURING THE LANDING PHASE OF FLIGHT, THE NOSE GEAR WOULE NOT DOWN AND LOCK. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO RECYCLE THE GEAR WITHOUT SUCCESS, TRIED TO MANEUVER THE AIRCRAFT SO THAT THE "G" FORCES WOULD HELP EXTEND THE GEAR, WITHOUT SUCCESS. THE PILOT ELECTED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT THE NOSE GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED. AIRCRAFT DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE NOSE GEAR DOORS.