# Incident 20030911026299I: Amtr ME108, Alamogordo, NM, September 11, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 11, 2003, 12:00 local time
- Place: Alamogordo, NM
- Airport: Alamogordo-White Sands Regiona
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8394° N, 105.9911° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALAMOGORDO-WHITE SANDS RGNL (ALM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8394&lon=-105.9911&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2231, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2231) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Messerschmitt ME 108 TAIFUN (registry code 5621004, https://openairdocs.org/model/messerschmitt-me-108-taifun) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Argus AS10R (registry code 05404, https://openairdocs.org/engine/argus-as10r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR ME108
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,200 total, 40 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030911026299I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2003 AT 1200 MDT AN ME-108, OWNED BY AMERICAN AIRPOWER HERITAGE FLYING MUSEUM, P.O. BOX 62000 MIDLAND, TEXAS AND OPERATED BY WANLISS E. ARMSTRONG, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS LANDED WITH THE GEAR PARTIALLY EXTENDED FOLLOWING A LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE AT WHITE SANDS REGIONAL AIRPORT AT ALAMOGORDO NM. THE CERTIFICATED COMMERCIAL PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT ALM AT 1145 MDT.

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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