# Incident 20061020024729I: Amtr LANCAIR360, Victorville, CA, October 20, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 20, 2006, 16:44 local time
- Place: Victorville, CA
- Airport: George Afb Base Ops
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5361° N, 117.2912° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Victorville, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5361&lon=-117.2912&mi=10
- Aircraft: N226EE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N226EE-2021-10-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Matthias Paul LANCAIR 360 (registry code 05602NV, https://openairdocs.org/model/matthias-paul-lancair-360) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR LANCAIR360
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,085 total, 680 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061020024729I

## Narrative

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

(-23) OWNER DEPARTED WHITEMAN AIRPORT FOR 1 FLIGHT TO LAS VEGAS, NV. DURING CLIMBOUT PILOT NOTICED PUFF OF SMOKE FROM ENGINE AREA. SOON AFTER PILOT NOTICED NOSE GEAR LIGHT ILLUMINATED. PILOT CHOSE TO LAND AT VCV AS A PRECAUTION. PILOT NOTICED LOSS OF HYDRAULICS. UPON LANDING AT VCV NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. DURING AFTER INCIDENT INSPECTION IT WAS DISCOVERED THE GROUNDING WIRE FROM THE BATTERY HAD COME LOOSE CAUSING LOSS OF HYDRAULIC PRESSURE TO LANDING GEAR SYSTEM.

## Other reports on N226EE (2)

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

- [Incident 20020303027279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020303027279I), Mar 3, 2002: Amtr LANCAIR360 (N226EE), Hutchinson, KS, Minor damage. (-23) While enroute, the aircraft lost all electrical power. Landing gear was manually extended. Upon landing at Hutchinson, KS (hut), the right landing gear…
- [Incident 19991010033329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991010033329I), Oct 10, 1999: Amtr LANCAIR360 (N226EE), Lancaster, CA, Minor damage. (-23) On 10/9/99 N226EE was enroute to bullhead city, AZ. The right main gear would not extend for landing at bullhead. Mr. Matthias elected to return to fox…

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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