# Incident 20041010031939I: Amtr LANCAIRIVP, Gulf Shores, AL, October 10, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 10, 2004, 15:30 local time
- Place: Gulf Shores, AL
- Airport: Jack Edwards Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.2905° N, 87.6718° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Jack Edwards National Airport (JKA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2905&lon=-87.6718&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5SV, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5SV) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Amigo Air Enterprises LANCAIR IV-P (registry code 0560690, https://openairdocs.org/model/amigo-air-enterprises-lancair-iv-p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR LANCAIRIVP
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 60 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041010031939I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE OVERCENTER MECHANISM IN THE NOSE STRUT WAS OUT OF ALIGNMENT BY APPROXIMATELY 5 DEGREES CAUSING THE NOSE TIRE TO BECOME WEDGED IN THE WHEEL WELL WHEN THE GEAR IS RETRACTED. THIS MISALIGNMENT IS NOT VISIBLE WHILE THE AIRCRAFT IS ON THE GROUND THUS IT IS NOT DETECTABLE DURING PREFLIGHT INSPECTION. HOWEVER IT BECOMES READILY APPARENT WHEN THE AIRCRAFT IS RAISED ON JACKS ALLOWING THE NOSE TIRE TO ROTATE FREELY.

## Other reports on N5SV (1)

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

- [Incident 20070608021089I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070608021089I), Jun 8, 2007: Amtr LANCAIRIVP (N5SV), Hampton, GA, Minor damage. (-23) During prelanding operations, it was observed the nose gear annunciator light was not illuminated. Pilot cycled gear 4 or 5 times but got the same…

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.