20090725047809I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Weber Harry GLASAIR III · Oxford, CT · July 25, 2009

Date: July 25, 2009 · 18:05 local
Place: Oxford, CT
Airport: Waterbury Oxford
Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N98HW
Reported as: Weber Harry Glasair III
Reported engine: Lycoming IO-540 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours: 21,886 total155 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

N98HWRegistration cancelled Nov 8, 2010 · Weber Harry L GLASAIR IIIS/N 3321 · Built 2005 Airframe modelWeber Harry L GLASAIR III Engine modelLycoming IO-540 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft departed oxc for a 20 minute flight. Upon returning to oxc for landing, the pilot selected gear down but did not get 3 green, gear down and locked lights. The pilot initiated emergency extension procedures and attempted to hand pump the gear down but still not get all 3 green gear lights. The pilot asked tower to look at the landing gear and they confirmed that it was down. The pilot landed on runway 18 and during the roll out, the nose gear collapsed. The pilot privacy data omitted reports that the actuator arm for the manual extension was leaking fluid and it is being replaced along with the nose gear over center springs.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED OXC FOR A 20 MINUTE FLIGHT. UPON RETURNING TO OXC FOR LANDING, THE PILOT SELECTED GEAR DOWN BUT DID NOT GET 3 GREEN, GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED LIGHTS. THE PILOT INITIATED EMERGENCY EXTENSION PROCEDURES AND ATTEMPTED TO HAND PUMP THE GEAR DOWN BUT STILL NOT GET ALL 3 GREEN GEAR LIGHTS. THE PILOT ASKED TOWER TO LOOK AT THE LANDING GEAR AND THEY CONFIRMED THAT IT WAS DOWN. THE PILOT LANDED ON RUNWAY 18 AND DURING THE ROLL OUT, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ REPORTS THAT THE ACTUATOR ARM FOR THE MANUAL EXTENSION WAS LEAKING FLUID AND IT IS BEING REPLACED ALONG WITH THE NOSE GEAR OVER CENTER SPRINGS.