# Incident 20030927035849I: Amtr SA300, Lancaster, NY, September 27, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 27, 2003, 13:00 local time
- Place: Lancaster, NY
- Airport: Lancaster Airport Inc Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.9006° N, 78.6688° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lancaster, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9006&lon=-78.6688&mi=10
- Aircraft: N76GS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N76GS-2014-12-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Solmi STARDUSTER TOO SA300 (registry code 8660260, https://openairdocs.org/model/solmi-starduster-too-sa300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR SA300
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,100 total, 480 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/20030927035849I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2003, A HOMEBUILT AIRCRAFT, A STARDUSTER TOO, UPON LANDING, EXPERIENCED A LEFT LANDING GEAR FAILURE IN WHICH THE STRUCTURE ATTACHING THE FIXED GEAR TO THE FUSELAGE FAILED AND THE GEAR COLLAPSED. THE PIC KEPT THE AIRCRAFT ON THE RUNWAY AND WAS NOT INJURED AND NO PROPERTY WAS DAMAGED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RECOVERED AND A FOLLOW-UP INVESTIGATION SHOWED THAT THE GEAR STRUCTURE, WHERE THE BOLT HOLDS THE SPRINGLEAF-TYPE GEAR, HAD FAILED. THE STRUCTURE THROUGH WHICH THE GEAR WAS ATTACHED WAS NOT WELDED PROPERLY AND THIS CAUSED THE BOLT TO BE STRETCHED OVER TIME WHICH LED TO THE FAILURE. THE PIC AND OWNER STATED THAT HE WOULD HAVE A CERTIFIED WELDER MAKE THE REPAIRS. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

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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