# Incident 20070608021089I: Amtr LANCAIRIVP, Hampton, GA, June 8, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 8, 2007, 16:30 local time
- Place: Hampton, GA
- Airport: Clayton County - Tara Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3792° N, 84.3000° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hampton, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3792&lon=-84.3000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5SV, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5SV) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Amigo Air Enterprises LANCAIR IV-P (registry code 0560690, https://openairdocs.org/model/amigo-air-enterprises-lancair-iv-p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR LANCAIRIVP
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 150 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070608021089I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING PRELANDING OPERATIONS, IT WAS OBSERVED THE NOSE GEAR ANNUNCIATOR LIGHT WAS NOT ILLUMINATED. PILOT CYCLED GEAR 4 OR 5 TIMES BUT GOT THE SAME RESULTS. ANOTHER AIRCRAFT WAS IN THE PATTERN SO THE PILOT BRIEFED AN OBSERVATION PASS AND THE OTHER PILOT CONFIRMED THE NOSE GEAR WAS NOT EXTENDED. PILOT MADE A LOW APPROACH DOWN RUNWAY 24 AND ATTEMPTED TO LOWER THE GEAR USING THE EMERGENCY EXTENSION SYSTEM; AIRPORT PERSONNEL ADVISED HIM THE NOSE GEAR WAS STILL NOT EXTENDED. PILOT DECIDED TO LAND WITH MAIN GEAR ONLY AND TOUCHED DOWN AT THE 1000 FOOT MARK; CONTROLLABILITY WAS MAINTAINED USING THE AIRCRAFT BRAKES. ON-SCENE INVESTIGATION REVEALED DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE PROPELLER AND THE NOSE GEAR DOORS. RUB MARKS IN THE NOSE WHEEL INDICATE THE NOSE WHEEL WAS LODGED IN PLACE FROM APPARENT RETRACTION WHILE NOT CENTERED. THIS IS THE SECOND INCIDENT INVOLVING THE NOSE GEAR OF THIS AIRCRAFT; LANCE AIR TO BE NOTIFIED.

## Other reports on N5SV (1)

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

- [Incident 20041010031939I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041010031939I), Oct 10, 2004: Amtr LANCAIRIVP (N5SV), Gulf Shores, AL, Minor damage. (-23) The overcenter mechanism in the nose strut was out of alignment by approximately 5 degrees causing the nose tire to become wedged in the wheel well when…

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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