# Incident 20120316003509I: Bertram David G VELOCTIY XL RG, Mckinney, TX, March 16, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 2012, 14:14 local time
- Place: Mckinney, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1976° N, 96.6153° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of McKinney, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1976&lon=-96.6153&mi=10
- Aircraft: N350TX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N350TX) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bertram David G VELOCTIY XL RG (registry code 056142O, https://openairdocs.org/model/bertram-david-g-veloctiy-xl-rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BERTRAM DAVID G VELOCTIY XL RG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 22,000 total, 200 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/20120316003509I

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 16, 2012, EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT, N350TX, LANDED AT THE MCKINNEY, TX AIRPORT (KTKI) AND SUFFERED A NOSE GEAR MALFUNCTION. THE PILOT REPORTED NO INDICATION OF A LANDING GEAR PROBLEM PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN. THE AIRCRAFT MAIN GEAR REMAINED IN THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION DURING THE LANDING AND STAYED DOWN UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT SLID TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED ON MARCH 19, 2012 BY PERSONNEL OF THE DALLAS FLIGHT STANDARDS DISTRICT OFFICE (SW05) AND THE NOSE GEAR SPRING STRUT APPEARED TO HAVE FAILED AT THE END OF THE GUSSET. THERE APPEARED TO BE A PREVIOUSLY UNDETECTED CRACK IN THE LOWER END OF THE GUSSET WIELD.

## Other reports on N350TX (2)

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

- [Incident 20200518010419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200518010419I), May 18, 2020: Bertram David G VELOCTIY XL RG (N350TX), Mckinney, TX, No damage. Returning from check flight for an auto pilot he just installed. Cleared for down wind. Turned left for base to land runway 18, completed landing checks .…
- [Incident 20050325003579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050325003579I), Mar 25, 2005: Amtr VELOCITYXLRG (N350TX), Mc Kinney, TX, Minor damage. (-23) The pilot was flying his experimental aircraft in phase 1 of his flight test plan. He had flown approximately 4.9 hrs. He was flying east of tki by lake…

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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