# Incident 20090322004879I: Amtr LANCAIR320, Boca Raton, FL, March 22, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 22, 2009, 12:30 local time
- Place: Boca Raton, FL
- Airport: Boca Raton
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.3785° N, 80.1077° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOCA RATON (BCT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.3785&lon=-80.1077&mi=10
- Aircraft: N670BS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N670BS-2021-06-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Steinman Mark E LANCAIR 320 (registry code 05616UN, https://openairdocs.org/model/steinman-mark-e-lancair-320) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR LANCAIR320
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,800 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090322004879I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT APPROXIMATELY 1230 AIRCRAFT N670BS WHILE ENROUTE TO DELAND FLORIDA FROM BOCA RATON, FLORIDA EXPERIENCED LOW HYDRAULIC PRESSURE AS INDICATED BY GAUGE IN COCKPIT.  PILOT DECIDED TO DISCONTINUE FLIGHT AND TURN BACK TO BOCA RATON.  PILOT SET LANDING GEAR HANDLE TO DOWN POSITION BUT DID NOT GET A GREEN LIGHT INDICATION FOR NOSE.  PILOT REQUESTED TOWER TO VERIFY GEAR POSITION.  PILOT FLEW BACK OVER EVERGLADES TO PERFORM SOME MANEUVERS TO GET NOSE GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED.  NOSE GEAR STILL DID NOT GO DOWN AND LOCKED.  AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT NOSE GEAR EXTENDED WHILE PILOT PULLED BACK ON YOKE AND SHUT DOWN ENGINE JUST AFTER TOUCHDOWN.  PROPELLER STILL STRUCK GROUND.  DAMAGE AREAS WERE ISOLATED TO PROPELLER.  NO OTHER DAMAGE NOTED.  NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N670BS (1)

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

- [Accident 20210224003929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210224003929A), Feb 24, 2021: Steinman Mark E LANCAIR 320 (N670BS), Boca Raton, FL, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Lancair 320 registration N670BS, serial number 09-320-QB an experimental amateur built is owned and operated by pilot [privacy data omitted] from Boca Raton…

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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