# Incident 20050611011949I: Amtr LANCAIR320, Garberville, CA, June 11, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 11, 2005, 16:07 local time
- Place: Garberville, CA
- Airport: Garberville Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0854° N, 123.8141° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GARBERVILLE (O16), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0854&lon=-123.8141&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9BF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9BF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Baron Fred N LANCAIR 320 (registry code 05626XS, https://openairdocs.org/model/baron-fred-n-lancair-320) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR LANCAIR320
- Reported engine: LYC IO320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 960 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/20050611011949I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT OWNER/PILOT: INSTALLED RECENTLY OVERHAULED NOSEGEAR ASSEMBLY. INSTALLATION REQUIRED NUMEROUS GEAR ACTUATION TESTS ON JACKS TO DETERMINE PROPER OPERATION AND MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENTS AS NECESSARY. AFTER SATISFACTORY TESTS WERE COMPLETED, OWNER/PILOT REMOVED THE AIRCRAFT FROM JACKS, ENTERED THE AIRCRAFT WITH HIS WIFE, AND PROCEEDED TO RUNWAY 36 AT GARBERVILLE AIRPORT FOR DEPARTURE. DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL, THE NOSEGEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT "GROUND LOOPED." MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WINGTIP, BELLY OF AIRCRAFT, LOTS OF DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE FROM INGESTION OF DIRT, AND DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER. CRANKSHAFT RUNOUT SHOWS NO DAMAGE TO THE IO-320 (PERFORMED BY LYCON OF VISALIA, CA). CAUSE OF INCIDENT: OWNER/PILOT BEGAN TAKEOFF ROLL WITH THE GEAR SELECTOR IN THE UP POSITION. CHECKLIST DID NOT HAVE A "CHECK OF THE GEAR POSITION" PRIOR TO START OR PRIOR TO TAKEOFF. THE CHECKLIST NOW INCORPORATES THIS CHECK.

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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