# Incident 20090517008639I: Amtr VELOCITY, Wooster, OH, May 17, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 2009, 12:10 local time
- Place: Wooster, OH
- Airport: Wayne County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8748° N, 81.8883° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WAYNE COUNTY (BJJ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8748&lon=-81.8883&mi=10
- Aircraft: N112TH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N112TH-2015-04-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Robertson James F VELOCITY STD/RG-E (registry code 05623N8, https://openairdocs.org/model/robertson-james-f-velocity-std-rg-e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Superior IO-360 series (registry code 59251, https://openairdocs.org/engine/superior-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR VELOCITY
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,680 total, 40 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090517008639I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN FLOWN TO WHEELING, WV TO HAVE SOME INTERIOR WORK DONE AND TO BE PAINTED AT A PAINT AND INTERIOR FACILITY, OHIO VALLEY AVIATION.  UPON DEPARTURE FROM WHEELING FOR BJJ, THE LANDING GEAR DID NOT INITIALLY INDICATE UP, THEN AFTER CYCLING, DID INDICATE UP.  THE TOWER REPORTED THE GEAR APPEARED TO BE UP.  UPON ARRIVING AT WOOSTER, THE LANDING GEAR DID NOT INDICATE DOWN.  ANOTHER PILOT REPORTED THE GEAR TO BE DOWN.  THE PILOT PORPOISED THE AIRCRAFT TO GET THE GEAR TO INDICATE DOWN.  IT DID NOT.  UPON TOUCHDOWN, THE MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED, AND THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED ON IT'S PROP, AND BOTH WING TIPS.  THE TOW TRUCK LIFTED THE AIRCRAFT AND THEN THE GEAR LOCKED INTO PLACE.  UPON INSPECTION BY THE AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTOR, HE DISCOVERED SOME DAMAGE TO THE LANDING GEAR APPARENTLY CAUSED BY THE INTERIOR WORK DONE AT THE FACILITY.  THE FACILITY DID NOT DROP CHECK THE LANDING GEAR TO ASCERTAIN THAT IT WAS FUNCTIONING NORMALLY AFTER THE WORK HAD BEEN DONE ON THE AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N112TH (3)

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

- [Accident 20150213003319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150213003319A), Feb 13, 2015: Robertson James F VELOCITY STD/RG-E (N112TH), Sebastian, FL, Destroyed. See block 43
- [Incident 20131205023449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131205023449I), Dec 5, 2013: Robertson James F VELOCITY STD/RG-E (N112TH), Fort Pierce, FL, Minor damage. On December 5, 2013, at or about 1550 EST, airman [privacy data omitted], holder of commercial pilot certificate number [privacy data omitted], while acting as…
- [Accident 20100909051989A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100909051989A), Sep 9, 2010: Robertson J VELOCITY ST (N112TH), Wooster, OH, Substantial damage. The pilot was flying his experimental amateur built velocity aircraft N112TH from somerset pa (2G9) to Wayne County Airport (bjj) at about 3200'FT his engine…

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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