# Incident 20080424832959I: Amtr BARRACUDA, Sioux City, IA, April 24, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 24, 2008, 11:45 local time
- Place: Sioux City, IA
- Airport: Sioux Gateway/Col. Bud Day Fie
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5000° N, 96.4003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sioux City, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5000&lon=-96.4003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N686DJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N686DJ-2020-08-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Fechtner Joseph M BARRACUDA (registry code 056147I, https://openairdocs.org/model/fechtner-joseph-m-barracuda) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR BARRACUDA
- People aboard: 1
- 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/20080424832959I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS ON A TEST FLIGHT AND LANDING GEAR RETRACTION TEST OVER THE SUX AIRPORT. ON DOWNWIND TO RWY 13, THE PILOT ASKED THE TOWER IF THE LANDING GEAR WAS RETRACTED. THE TOWER CONFIRMED THE GEAR WAS RETRACTED. THE PILOT THEN DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND WAS CLEARED TO LAND. THE PILOT LANDED IN THE GRASS ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF RWY 13.

## Other reports on N686DJ (1)

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

- [Incident 20070508007309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070508007309I), May 8, 2007: Amtr BARRACUDA (N686DJ), Sioux City, IA, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot was performing a high speed taxi maneuver on runway 35. He stated the end of the runway came sooner than he expected, and could not stop the…

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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