# Incident 20090608012039I: Amtr SX300, Ramona, CA, June 8, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 8, 2009
- Place: Ramona, CA
- Airport: Ramona
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.0392° N, 116.9153° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RAMONA (RNM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0392&lon=-116.9153&mi=10
- Aircraft: N38SX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N38SX) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gregory Edward G JR SX-300 (registry code 05622RY, https://openairdocs.org/model/gregory-edward-g-jr-sx-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540-L1C5 (registry code 41782, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-l1c5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR SX300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other 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/20090608012039I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  ON JUNE 8, 2009 N38SX, AN AMATEUR BUILT AIRCRAFT, MODEL SX300, ENTERED RIGHT TRAFFIC RUNWAY 27, RAMONA AIRPORT FOR LANDING.  THE PILOT REPORTED ON BASE LEG THE NOSE GEAR WAS NOT INDICATING DOWN AND LOCKED.  HE REQUESTED A LOW APPROACH FOR VISUAL INSPECTION FROM THE CONTROL TOWER, WHO REPORTED THE GEAR APPEARED DOWN, HOWEVER, FOLLOWING THAT PASS THE PILOT STATED THE ENGINE OIL WAS NOW INDICATING LOWER THAN NORMAL, AND THAT HE NEEDED TO LAND NOW.  AFTER TOUCH DOWN THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.  NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT AND THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE.  INVESTIGATION BY THE PILOT/OWNER/BUILDER REVEALED AIR IN THE LANDING GEAR HYDRAULIC SYSTEM AND THAT THE EMERGENCY EXTENSION SYSTEM DID NOT WORK.  ADDITIONAL INVESTIGATION INTO THE INDICATED LOW ENGINE OIL PRESSURE IS PENDING.

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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