# Incident 20060406007609I: Amtr GLASAIRIII, Mesa, AZ, April 6, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 6, 2006, 09:30 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Airport: Falcon Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4608° N, 111.7283° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FALCON FLD (FFZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4608&lon=-111.7283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N251WH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N251WH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hightower William A GLASAIR III (registry code 056235D, https://openairdocs.org/model/hightower-william-a-glasair-iii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR GLASAIRIII
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1H5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 25 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060406007609I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT HAD JUST TAKEN DELIVERY OF N251WH AND WAS MAKING A NORMAL LANDING AT FFZ WHEN, AT THE POINT OF TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO SETTLE LOWER THAN USUAL. THE PILOT IMMEDIATELY APPLIED FULL POWER AND WENT AROUND THE PATTERN AGAIN. AFTER RECEIVING FFZ TOWER CONFIRMATION OF THE LANDING GEAR(S) BEING DOWN, THE PILOT LANDED UNEVENTFULLY. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT AFTER SHUTDOWN, THE PILOT NOTICED THAT BOTH PROPELLER BLADE TIPS HAD CONTACTED THE RUNWAY AND CURLED REARWARD EVENLY ON BOTH BLADE TIPS. A RADIO ANTENNA ON THE BOTTOM OF THE FORWARD FUSELAGE ALSO HAD SCRAPE MARKS. THE PILOT HAD ALSO MENTIONED TO FFZ TOWER THAT HE HAD NOTICED THAT THE LOW VOLTAGE WARNING LIGHT HAD ILLUMINATED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR POST EVENT FIRE.

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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