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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr LANCAIR · Los Angeles, CA · February 15, 2005

Date: February 15, 2005 · 16:32 local
Place: Los Angeles, CA
Airport: Whiteman Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N360DW
Reported as: Amtr Lancair
Reported engine: Lycoming IO360LYC*
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 400 total10 in the last 90 days

N360DWRegistered now · Wallerich D/Pettygrove S LANCAIRS/N 255 Airframe modelWallerich D/Pettygrove S LANCAIR

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

(-23) Pilot stated that he had just purchased this aircraft and the accident flight was his third flight in this particular airplane. Flight started with the intention of practicing takeoffs and landings. While landing at what appeared to be a normal touchdown, the left main gear collapsed. While skidding in direction of the runway, right main gear and nose gear forks broke off with the gears remained in extended and locked position. (-23 amendment) downgraded to incident.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD JUST PURCHASED THIS AIRCRAFT AND THE ACCIDENT FLIGHT WAS HIS THIRD FLIGHT IN THIS PARTICULAR AIRPLANE. FLIGHT STARTED WITH THE INTENTION OF PRACTICING TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS. WHILE LANDING AT WHAT APPEARED TO BE A NORMAL TOUCHDOWN, THE LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED. WHILE SKIDDING IN DIRECTION OF THE RUNWAY, RIGHT MAIN GEAR AND NOSE GEAR FORKS BROKE OFF WITH THE GEARS REMAINED IN EXTENDED AND LOCKED POSITION. (-23 AMENDMENT) DOWNGRADED TO INCIDENT.