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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr GLASAIR III · Kenosha, WI · September 18, 2005

Date: September 18, 2005 · 10:40 local
Place: Kenosha, WI
Airport: Kenosha Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N9KK
Reported as: Amtr Glasairiii
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 448 total34 in this make and model46 in the last 90 days

N9KKRegistered now · Knutson John E GLASAIR IIIS/N K1 · Built 2005 Airframe modelKnutson John E GLASAIR III Engine modelLycoming IO-540 seriesReciprocating

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) On September 18, 2005 at about 1040 central daylight time, the pilot privacy data omitted a private pilot landed at Kenosha airport, Kenosha WI with a glasair N9KK. After landing the nose gear collapsed. Investigation revealed that the pilot privacy data omitted was not sure if he had all green to indicate that the gear was down and locked. A retraction was accomplished. The mains went down and locked with green lights on. The nose green light went on then off, not a positive lock. The electrical switches required adjustment. This flight was operated under part 91. No flight plan was on file. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the incident.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 18, 2005 AT ABOUT 1040 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA^ A PRIVATE PILOT LANDED AT KENOSHA AIRPORT, KENOSHA WI WITH A GLASAIR N9KK. AFTER LANDING THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DAT^ WAS NOT SURE IF HE HAD ALL GREEN TO INDICATE THAT THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED. A RETRACTION WAS ACCOMPLISHED. THE MAINS WENT DOWN AND LOCKED WITH GREEN LIGHTS ON. THE NOSE GREEN LIGHT WENT ON THEN OFF, NOT A POSITIVE LOCK. THE ELECTRICAL SWITCHES REQUIRED ADJUSTMENT. THIS FLIGHT WAS OPERATED UNDER PART 91. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS ON FILE. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.