# Incident 20090422009089I: Amtr BARRACUDA, Melbourne, FL, April 22, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 22, 2009, 14:33 local time
- Place: Melbourne, FL
- Airport: Melbourne International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.0836° N, 80.6081° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Melbourne, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0836&lon=-80.6081&mi=10
- Aircraft: N289DH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N289DH-2013-08-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Clabaugh Robert R BARRACUDA (registry code 05626M0, https://openairdocs.org/model/clabaugh-robert-r-barracuda) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-470-K (registry code 17360, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-470-k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR BARRACUDA
- Reported engine: CONT IO470K
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 540 total, 65 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090422009089I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  AFTER THE POOR HARD LANDING IN MELBORNE, IN A RIGHT CROSS WIND THE RIGHT RETRACTABLE GEAR ON THIS BARRACUDA EXPERIMENTAL (N289DH) COLLAPSED CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING TIP.  THEY WERE ABLE TO LIFT THE WING ON THE RUNWAY AND LOWER THE GEAR TO OBTAIN A NORMAL DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATION ON ALL THREE GEARS, SO THEY COULD TAXI THE AIRCRAFT OFF THE RUNWAY.  PILOT STATED LINK MICRO SWITCHES OPENED AND TURNED ON THE HYDRAULIC PUMP TO LOWER THE GEAR, BUT PUMP COULD NOT OVERCOME THE DOWN WARD FORCE OF THE AIRCRAFT WEIGHT CAUSING THE RIGHT WING TO SLOWLY DROP DURING THE LANDING ROLL.  THIS SLOW DROPPING OF THE WING IS WHAT ALLOWED FOR JUST MINOR DAMAGE TO THIS AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N289DH (2)

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

- [Accident 20110626012049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110626012049A), Jun 26, 2011: Clabaugh Robert R BARRACUDA (N289DH), Andalusia, AL, Destroyed, 1 fatal. On June 26, 2011, at 1655 central daylight time, a Clabaugh Robert R, amateur built experimental Barracuda, N289DH, serial no. 289 collided with trees while on…
- [Incident 20110506007749I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110506007749I), May 6, 2011: Clabaugh Robert R BARRACUDA (N289DH), Andalusia, AL, Minor damage. On may 06, 2001, at approximately 2257Z, [privacy data omitted], on final approach to 79J in N289DH, lowered the landing gear in preparation for landing. He…

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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