20071222830319I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr LANCAIR 360 · Chino, CA · December 22, 2007

Date
December 22, 2007 · 09:55 local
Place
Chino, CA
Airport
Chino
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N49CM
Reported as
Amtr LANCAIR360
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360LYC*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,000 total861 in this make and model57 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) Airman placed gear selector in down position. Due to a lack of checklist discipline, gear was not checked for a down and locked indication. The airplane was landed gear up, resulting in minor aircraft damage and no injury to the sole pilot onboard. Subsequent inspection revealed a failure of a gear sequencing valve.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRMAN PLACED GEAR SELECTOR IN DOWN POSITION. DUE TO A LACK OF CHECKLIST DISCIPLINE, GEAR WAS NOT CHECKED FOR A DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATION. THE AIRPLANE WAS LANDED GEAR UP, RESULTING IN MINOR AIRCRAFT DAMAGE AND NO INJURY TO THE SOLE PILOT ONBOARD. SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION REVEALED A FAILURE OF A GEAR SEQUENCING VALVE.