# Incident 20051229030149I: Amtr LANCAIR360, Charleston, SC, December 29, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 29, 2005, 15:00 local time
- Place: Charleston, SC
- Airport: Charleston Afb-International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8986° N, 80.0405° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHARLESTON AFB/INTL (CHS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8986&lon=-80.0405&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9GX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9GX-2006-06-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mike Alpha Tango LANCAIR 360 (registry code 05608C0, https://openairdocs.org/model/mike-alpha-tango-lancair-360) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0-360-B1E (registry code 41559, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0-360-b1e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR LANCAIR360
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051229030149I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PIC REPORTED THAT THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND DOWN AND LOCKED DURING HIS FINAL APPROACH FOR LANDING. HE ATTEMPTED TO EXTEND THE GEAR USING THE AIRCRAFT'S EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION PROCEDURES. THE NOSE LANDING GEAR STILL SHOWED NOT LOCKED. HE DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED WITH BOTH MAIN GEARS DOWN AND LOCKED AND THE NOSE GEAR DOWN BUT NOT LOCKED. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED DURING THE LANDING ROLL OUT. POST INCIDENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE LANDING GEAR MOTOR WAS FUNCTIONING ONLY INTERMITTENTLY PREVENTING A SUCCESSFUL GEAR EXTENSION DURING MAINTENANCE CHECKS. FURTHER EXAMINATION OF THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION SYSTEM REVEALED THAT DURING THE DOWN CYCLE OF THE NOSE GEAR EXTENDING AND IF YOU PUT LIGHT PRESSURE AGAINST THE NOSE LANDING GEAR STRUT (SIMULATING AIR LOADS) THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT GO DOWN AND LOCKED.

## Other reports on N9GX (1)

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

- [Accident 20060424008469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060424008469A), Apr 24, 2006: Amtr LANCAIR360 (N9GX), Mount Pleasant, SC, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) While conducting low approaches and touch and go landings on runway 17 at the east cooper airport (klro), MT. Pleasant, s.c., the aircraft lost power…

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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