# Incident 20070924831549I: Amtr RV8A, Marquette, MI, September 24, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 24, 2007, 21:37 local time
- Place: Marquette, MI
- Airport: Sawyer International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.5507° N, 87.3958° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Marquette, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.5507&lon=-87.3958&mi=10
- Aircraft: N988JB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N988JB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bard John A VANS RV-8A (registry code 05617Z7, https://openairdocs.org/model/bard-john-a-vans-rv-8a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360-A1A (registry code 41594, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-a1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR RV8A
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070924831549I

## Narrative

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

(-23) N988JB WAS TAXIING TO THE PARKING APRON AT THE SAWYER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN GWINN MI WHEN THE COWLING FOR THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR WHEEL BECAME IMPINGED BETWEEN THE WHEEL AND BRAKE, SUBSEQUENTLY CAUSING THE RIGHT MAIN WHEEL-BRAKE TO LOCK UP AND CATCH FIRE. THE FIRE WAS IMMEDIATELY IDENTIFIED BY THE PILOT AND THE FBO. ARFF WAS DISPATCHED TO THE SCENE AND THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED WITHOUT CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT'S ACTIONS DID NOT CONTRIBUTE TO THE INCIDENT.

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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