# Incident 20051215028899I: Amtr LANCAIR360, Medford, OR, December 15, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 15, 2005, 14:30 local time
- Place: Medford, OR
- Airport: Medford-Jackson County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.3360° N, 122.8518° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Medford, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3360&lon=-122.8518&mi=10
- Aircraft: N47DL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N47DL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Edson Dean T LANCAIR 360 (registry code 05630HM, https://openairdocs.org/model/edson-dean-t-lancair-360) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR LANCAIR360
- Reported engine: LYC IO360LYC*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,050 total, 900 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/20051215028899I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OR ABOUT 12/15/2005 AT 1430 PST, FOLLOWING A POST MAINTENANCE ENGINE RUN, THE OPERATOR WAS TAXIING THE AIRCRAFT, AN AMATEUR BUILT LANCAIR 360, TO ITS HANGAR. THE OPERATOR REPORTED THAT HE TAXIED OVER A DRAINAGE DEPRESSION IN THE TAXIWAY CAUSING THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT TO DROOP AND CAUSING THE PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE GROUND TWO TIMES. THE OPERATOR IMMEDIATELY SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE, AND INSPECTED THE PROPELLER. THE OPERATOR FOUND THAT ALL PROPELLER BLADES HAD EVIDENCE OF SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE TIPS. THE OPERATOR IS ARRANGING TO HAVE A POST SUDDEN ENGINE STOPPAGE INSPECTION PERFORMED ON THE ENGINE. NO OTHER DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT IS REPORTED. THE OPERATOR WILL INFORM THIS OFFICE OF THE RESULTS OF THE INSPECTION.

## Other reports on N47DL (1)

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

- [Incident 19960611018249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960611018249I), Jun 11, 1996: Amtr LANCAIR (N47DL), Marysville, CA, Minor damage. Narrative: aircraft was operating in assigned test flight area as an amateur built experimental category. During climb from lincoln, CA when gear was retracted…

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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