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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr COUGAR1 · Sarasota, FL · September 27, 2004

Date: September 27, 2004 · 06:45 local
Place: Sarasota, FL
Airport: Hidden River Airport
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N7803C
Reported as: Amtr COUGAR1
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 5,000 total3,000 in this make and model25 in the last 90 days

N7803CRegistration cancelled Jun 8, 2018 · Cougar 1S/N PJ-1 · Built 1960 Airframe modelCougar 1 Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series4 cycle

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What happened

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

(-23) On September 27, 2004, at 0645 EDT, an experimental amateur-built cougar, N7803C registered to barry h. squire, experienced a main landing gear collapse while taxiing at Hidden River Airport, Sarasota, Florida, for departure to fort pierce, Florida. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed. The aircraft sustained minor damage and the commercial rated pilot was not injured. The flight originated at Sarasota, Florida on September 27, 2004 at 1645 hours. The right main landing gear failed and separated from its mounting tube causing the right wing tip to scrape the taxiway and the propeller blade damage. The gear leg sustained metal fatigue failure that originated at the outboard mounting bolt hole. The hole was not blended or chamfered during construction. The gear legs had been removed for inspection and preventive maintenance at the condition inspection 19 hours prior. No evidence of cracks were noted at the inspection.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 27, 2004, AT 0645 EDT, AN EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR-BUILT COUGAR, N7803C REGISTERED TO BARRY H. SQUIRE, EXPERIENCED A MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSE WHILE TAXIING AT HIDDEN RIVER AIRPORT, SARASOTA, FLORIDA, FOR DEPARTURE TO FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE COMMERCIAL RATED PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT SARASOTA, FLORIDA ON SEPTEMBER 27, 2004 AT 1645 HOURS. THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR FAILED AND SEPARATED FROM ITS MOUNTING TUBE CAUSING THE RIGHT WING TIP TO SCRAPE THE TAXIWAY AND THE PROPELLER BLADE DAMAGE. THE GEAR LEG SUSTAINED METAL FATIGUE FAILURE THAT ORIGINATED AT THE OUTBOARD MOUNTING BOLT HOLE. THE HOLE WAS NOT BLENDED OR CHAMFERED DURING CONSTRUCTION. THE GEAR LEGS HAD BEEN REMOVED FOR INSPECTION AND PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE AT THE CONDITION INSPECTION 19 HOURS PRIOR. NO EVIDENCE OF CRACKS WERE NOTED AT THE INSPECTION.