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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr GN-1 AIRCAMPER · Lebanon, TN · July 17, 2006

Date
July 17, 2006 · 18:15 local
Place
Lebanon, TN
Airport
Lebanon Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7035N
Reported as
Amtr GN1AIRCAMPER
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
150 total65 in this make and model8 in the last 90 days

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) After takeoff the engine momentarily lost power (sputtered). The pilot made a decision to land the aircraft since he had enough runway in front of him. He made a hard landing and the left landing gear leg collapsed. There was damage to the left gear leg, left strut, left wingtip and propeller.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AFTER TAKEOFF THE ENGINE MOMENTARILY LOST POWER (SPUTTERED). THE PILOT MADE A DECISION TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT SINCE HE HAD ENOUGH RUNWAY IN FRONT OF HIM. HE MADE A HARD LANDING AND THE LEFT LANDING GEAR LEG COLLAPSED. THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE LEFT GEAR LEG, LEFT STRUT, LEFT WINGTIP AND PROPELLER.