# Incident 20050430010049I: Amtr VANSRV8, Concord, CA, April 30, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 2005, 13:25 local time
- Place: Concord, CA
- Airport: Buchanan Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.9897° N, 122.0569° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BUCHANAN FLD (CCR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9897&lon=-122.0569&mi=10
- Aircraft: N427GS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N427GS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Stofer Gerhard VANS RV-8 (registry code 05617MA, https://openairdocs.org/model/stofer-gerhard-vans-rv-8) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR VANSRV8
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 42 total, 42 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050430010049I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ WAS FLYING THE AIRCRAFT. ON SHORT-FINAL TO CCR RUNWAY 19R, HE WAS REDIRECTED TO LAND RUNWAY 19L. PILOT STATES: AS HE SET-UP, THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN A CRAB CONDITION. HE REPORTS TOUCHING DOWN NORMALLY ON HIS R/H THEN L/H MLG, AND FINALLY THE TAIL WHEEL. DURING ROLLOUT, INCREASING AMOUNTS OF RIGHT RUDDER AND AILERON INPUT WERE REQUIRED, TO THE POINT WHERE HE "RAN OUT OF CONTROLS" IN HIS ATTEMPT TO REMAIN ON THE RUNWAY PAVEMENT. AT THIS POINT, PILOT CONSIDERED GOING AROUND, BUT DECIDED OTHERWISE AS THE PATH OF DEPARTURE WOULD HAVE BEEN INTO THE WIND SOCK POLE BETWEEN THE RUNWAYS. THE PILOT ^PRIVAC^ CONTINUED THE LANDING. HE DETERMINED HE COULD EXIT ON TAXIWAY KILO AND BE OUT OF DANGER. AS THE MANUEVER WAS EXECUTED AT AN APPROXIMATE SPEED OF 15 KNOTS, THE L/H WHEEL BEARING RETAINING RING FAILED, CAUSING THE WHEEL TO COME TO A SUDDEN STOP, AND THE AIRCRAFT PIVOTED ABOUT THAT AXIS. THE RESULTING FORCE WRINKLED THE FUSELAGE SKIN IMMEDIATELY FORWARD OF THE WING. NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE RESULTED. NO VISIBLE DAMAGE OCCURRED TO THE LANDING GEAR. THE PILOT/OWNER ^PRIVAC^ WILL HAVE THE LANDING GEAR ALIGNMENT CHECKED, AND WILL ADVISE OF ANY HIDDEN DAMAGE IF DISCOVERED.

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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