# Incident 20090716011049I: Amtr RV10, Houston, TX, July 16, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 2009, 11:32 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Lone Star Executive
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N730WL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N730WL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gipson William H RV-10 (registry code 05627XZ, https://openairdocs.org/model/gipson-william-h-rv-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR RV10
- Reported engine: CHEVY 350
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 15 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/20090716011049I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  AIRCRAFT, RV-10, N730WL, TOOK OFF FROM RUNWAY 14, AND IMMEDIATELY EXPERIENCED A OVERHEATING CONDITION, PILOT RETURNED AIRCRAFT BACK TO RUNWAY 1, BUT RAN OUT OF AIRSPEED, AND STALLED THE AIRCRAFT FROM ABOUT 15 - 20 FEET.  AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED WHEN AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN, ALL THREE (3) PROP BLADES WERE DAMAGED, AND MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS PUSHED UP TO BOTTOM OF WING, NOSE GEAR DID NOT COLLAPSE, LEFT WING TANK WAS PUNCTURED BY LEFT HAND MAIN LANDING GEAR, NO FIRE, AREA FLUSHED BY FIRE DEPARTMENT.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES, TO EITHER PILOT OR PASSENGER.

## Other reports on N730WL (1)

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

- [Accident 20230721009149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230721009149A), Jul 21, 2023: Gipson William H RV-10 (N730WL), Chouteau, OK, Substantial damage. On Friday, July 21st, aircraft landed at muskogee airport at about 10:30 am due to weather blocking flight path. The destination was krcm - skyhaven airport…

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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