# Incident 20131203024699I: Greenleaf George H ROTORWAY 162F, Fredericksburg, VA, December 3, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 3, 2013, 16:30 local time
- Place: Fredericksburg, VA
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2993° N, 77.4867° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fredericksburg, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2993&lon=-77.4867&mi=10
- Aircraft: N162GG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N162GG-2015-12-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Greenleaf George H ROTORWAY 162F (registry code 05606V7, https://openairdocs.org/model/greenleaf-george-h-rotorway-162f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GREENLEAF GEORGE H ROTORWAY 162F
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 68 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/20131203024699I

## Narrative

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

AT APPROXIMATLEY 1630 ON 3 DECEMBER, 2013, THE RIGHT GROUND HANDELING WHEEL SEPARATED FROM AIRCRAFT N162GG, SERIAL NUMBER 6250, WHILE INFLIGHT AND STRUCK A MOVING TRUCK WHICH LANDED ON THE EDGE OF THE ROAD.  THE TRUCK DRIVER UNAWARE OF THE WHEEL STRIKING HIS VEHICLE KEPT DRIVING.   THE INCIDENT WAS REPORTED TO THE STAFFORD COUNTY SHERIFF.  THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^OPERATOR OF N162GG LATER RETRIEVED THE WHEEL FROM THE STAFFORD COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTY.  THERE WERE NO APPARENT INJURIES, PROPERTY DAMAGE, OR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT EXCEPT THE WHEEL THAT SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N162GG (1)

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

- [Accident 20000416043559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000416043559A), Apr 16, 2000: Amtr ROTORWAY162F (N162GG), Manassas, VA, Substantial damage. (-23) Traffic pattern to final approach to a landing zone to runway 34L at taxiway alpha. Close to touchdown aircraft started an uncommanded climb and the…

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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