# Incident 20110506007749I: Clabaugh Robert R BARRACUDA, Andalusia, AL, May 6, 2011 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: May 6, 2011, 17:00 local time - Place: Andalusia, AL - Airport: Andalusia/Opp Airport - Damage: Minor damage - Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 31.3094° N, 86.4780° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Andalusia, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.3094&lon=-86.4780&mi=10 - Aircraft: N289DH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N289DH-2013-08-27) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Clabaugh Robert R BARRACUDA (registry code 05626M0, https://openairdocs.org/model/clabaugh-robert-r-barracuda) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Continental IO-470-K (registry code 17360, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-470-k) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CLABAUGH ROBERT R BARRACUDA - Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-470-K - People aboard: 1 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot - Pilot flight hours: 320 total, 3 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110506007749I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ON MAY 06, 2001, AT APPROXIMATELY 2257Z, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, ON FINAL APPROACH TO 79J IN N289DH, LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR IN PREPARATION FOR LANDING. HE OBSERVED THE GEAR IN TRANSIT LIGHTS NOTING THAT ONLY THE RIGHT MAIN AND NOSE GEAR WERE SHOWING IN TRANS, FOLLOWED BY GREEN (DOWN, LOCKED) INDICATIONS. HE RECYCLED THE GEAR HANDLE. THIS WAS FOLLOWED WITH THE PREVIOUS INDICATION. AT THIS POINT, HE PROCEEDED TO FLY A LEFT HAND PATTERN (RUNWAY 29) AROUND THE FIELD AND ATTEMPTED TO REACH PERSONNEL ON THE GROUND FOR A VISUAL VERIFICATION. UPON GATHERING ATTENTION FROM GROUND PERSONNEL, HE INQUIRED ON THE VISUAL STATUS OF THE GEAR. BEING INFORMED THAT ONLY THE RIGHT MAIN AND NOSE GEAR APPEARED DOWN, HE ATTEMPTED TO RECYCLE THE GEAR SEVERAL MORE TIMES WITH THE SAME OUTCOME. HE THEN ATTEMPTED TO MANUALLY LOWER THE GEAR USING THE METHOD RELAYED TO HIM BY THE PREVIOUS OWNER OF THE AIRCRAFT. THIS RESULTED IN THE SAME OUTCOME. HE SECURED THE MANUAL SYSTEM AND ATTEMPTED ONE LAST TRY AT A RECYCLE. UPON THIS ATTEMPT (WITH THE SAME RESULT AS THE PREVIOUS ATTEMPTS AND RUNNING INTO HIS RESERVE FUEL HAVING CIRCLED A TOTAL OF APPROX. 30MIN.), HE PROCEEDED TO LAND. HE TOUCHED DOWN ON THE RIGHT MAIN. HE THEN CUT MIXTURE TO OFF, FOLLOWED BY MAGS, WHILE MAINTAINING RIGHT AILERON DEFLECTION IN AN EFFORT TO KEEP THE LEFT WING FROM GROUND CONTACT AS LONG AS POSSIBLE. AFTER THE LEFT WING CONTACTED THE RUNWAY SURFACE, THE PLANE VEERED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, COMING TO A STOP. APPROXIMATELY 20 YARDS LEFT OF THE RUNWAY 29 SHOULDER, AND 35-45 YARDS PAST THE A2 TAXIWAY SIGN. HE THEN SHUT OFF THE MASTER BATTERY/ALTERNATOR SWITCHES AND FUEL AND EXITED THE PLANE. ## Other reports on N289DH (2) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Accident 20110626012049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110626012049A), Jun 26, 2011: Clabaugh Robert R BARRACUDA (N289DH), Andalusia, AL, Destroyed, 1 fatal. On June 26, 2011, at 1655 central daylight time, a Clabaugh Robert R, amateur built experimental Barracuda, N289DH, serial no. 289 collided with trees while on… - [Incident 20090422009089I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090422009089I), Apr 22, 2009: Amtr BARRACUDA (N289DH), Melbourne, FL, Minor damage. (-23) After the poor hard landing in melborne, in a right cross wind the right retractable gear on this Barracuda experimental (N289DH) collapsed causing minor… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.