# Incident 20040619033859I: Amtr BARRACUDA, Monett, MO, June 19, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 19, 2004, 12:00 local time
- Place: Monett, MO
- Airport: Monett Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.9051° N, 94.0142° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MONETT RGNL (HFJ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9051&lon=-94.0142&mi=10
- Aircraft: N91LB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N91LB-2012-12-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bangham Morris L BARRACUDA (registry code 05613QK, https://openairdocs.org/model/bangham-morris-l-barracuda) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR BARRACUDA
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 15 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040619033859I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT AURORA, MO (2H2), WHEN HE REALIZED THE NOSE GEAR WAS NOT DOWN AND LOCKED. PILOT ELECTED TO GO TO MONETT, MO (M58), HIS HOME BASE, AND LAND. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH THE NOSE GEAR UNLOCKED, DAMAGING THE PROP, ENGINE COWL, AND NOSE GEAR DOORS. OWNER STATED THE LANDING GEAR IS HYDRAULICALLY OPERATED WITH BUNGEE CORD ASSIST TO PULL THE GEAR INTO THE LOCKED POSITION. PILOT BELIEVES THE BUNGEE CORD WAS WEAK AND COULD NOT PULL THE NOSE GEAR INTO THE LOCKED POSITION AGAINST THE AIR STREAM. THE GEAR WORKED NORMALLY WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS PLACED ON JACKS. INCIDENT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

## Other reports on N91LB (2)

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

- [Accident 20060504008149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060504008149A), May 4, 2006: Amtr BARRACUDA (N91LB), Monett, MO, Substantial damage. (-23) The pilot was attempting to land with the right main landing gear extended and the left main and nose gears retracted because of a landing gear system…
- [Incident 19870502043599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870502043599I), May 2, 1987: Amtrjf BARRACUDA (N91LB), Gaithersburg, MD, Minor damage. The engine failed shortly after takeoff. Pilot made a safe landing. High pressure fuel lines incorrectly installed.

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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