# Incident 20080402013399I: Amtr 173RGVELCITY, Portland, OR, April 2, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 2, 2008, 15:12 local time
- Place: Portland, OR
- Airport: Portland-Troutdale
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.5494° N, 122.4013° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PORTLAND-TROUTDALE (TTD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5494&lon=-122.4013&mi=10
- Aircraft: N625V (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR 173RGVELCITY
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 470 total, 150 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080402013399I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON THE SECOND LANDING OF A LOCAL FLIGHT THE AMATEUR BUILT AIRPLANE LANDED WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED. AFTER INITIAL TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE, CONTINUED APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS DOWN THE RUNWAY AND LANDED AGAIN. IN AN INTERVIEW WITH FAA PERSONNEL, THE PILOT REPORTED HE SUSPECTED A MALFUNCITON OF THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM DURING HIS FIRST APPROACH AND LANDING BECAUSE LANDING GEAR EXTENSION "SEEMED TO TAKE LONGER THAN USUAL." THE PILOT ELECTED TO MAKE A TOUCH AND GO LANDING AND RECYCLE THE LANDING GEAR IN FLIGHT TO DETERMINE IF THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM WAS, IN FACT, WORKING PROPERLY. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED NORMALLY FOLLOWING HIS SECOND TAKE OFF BUT WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO EXTEND THE GEAR FOR HIS SECOND LANDING IT FAILED TO FUNCTION. THE PILOT REPORTED HE ELECTED TO PERFORM THE SECOND LANDING WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED WITHOUT FURTHER IN FLIGHT TROUBLESHOOTING OF THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM. HE DID NOT ADVISE THE CONTROL TOWER THAT HIS LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND OR OF HIS INTENTION TO PERFORM AN INTENTIONAL GEAR UP EMERGENCY LANDING.

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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