# Incident 20090427005659I: Amtr VELOCITYXLRG, Knoxville, TN, April 27, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 27, 2009, 15:00 local time
- Place: Knoxville, TN
- Airport: Mc Ghee Tyson
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.8111° N, 83.9941° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MC GHEE TYSON (TYS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8111&lon=-83.9941&mi=10
- Aircraft: N27GV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N27GV-2018-07-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Vittone Joseph VELOCITY XL RG 82 (registry code 05607FK, https://openairdocs.org/model/vittone-joseph-velocity-xl-rg-82) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR VELOCITYXLRG
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,700 total, 600 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/20090427005659I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  NOSE GEAR OF AN EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT FAILED AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS EXITING THE RUNWAY.  AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO PARKING.  DAMAGE WAS ESTIMATED AT $200.00.  PILOT REPORTED EXCESSIVE SHIMMY AT HIGH SPEED DUE TO CROSSWINDS.  HE RAISED THE NOSE UNTIL A LOWER SPEED THEN THE SHIMMY REAPPEARED AND FINALLY THE NOSE LANDING GEAR FAILED.

## Other reports on N27GV (1)

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

- [Incident 20090625047349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090625047349I), Jun 25, 2009: Vittone Jos VELOCITY XL (N27GV), Gulf Shores, AL, Minor damage. Landing gear showed "unsafe" indication at extension for landing. Pilot requested assistance from other aircraft to determine gear position. Other pilot(s)…

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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