Mon, Jun 23, 2003
Been There, Done That...
The factory tells us that
this homebuilt bird (registered to Mike Seavall of Bend, OR),
completed without the current factory's assistance is operating
sans a new landing gear design. As long-time ANN readers may
remember, the original prototype (file pix shown) had its share of
gear problems, as well, and a factory demo ship was lost a few
months ago while figuring out other gear problems prior to going
down short of the runway. The factory claims that a newer gear
design is more reliable.
** Report created 6/20/2003 Record 8 **
IDENTIFICATION
Regis#: 411KT Make/Model:
EXP Description: EXP-JET MAVERICK 1500
Date: 06/19/2003 Time: 1857
Event Type: Incident Highest Injury:
None Mid Air: N Missing:
N
Damage: Minor
LOCATION
City: REDMOND State: OR Country:
US
DESCRIPTION
AIRCRAFT ADVISED REDMOND TOWER HE HAD A BAD NOSE GEAR INDICATION.
DID A FLYBY, AND THE TOWER CONFIRMED NEGATIVE NOSE GEAR. THE
PILOT RECYCLED THE GEAR WITHOUT SUCCESS, THEN LANDED WITH THE
NOSE GEAR RETRACTED. REDMOND, OR
INJURY DATA Total
Fatal: 0
# Crew: 1 Fat:
0 Ser:
0 Min:
0 Unk:
# Pass: 0 Fat:
0 Ser:
0 Min:
0 Unk:
# Grnd:
Fat: 0 Ser:
0 Min:
0 Unk:
WEATHER: METAR KRDM 191856Z 35009KT 10SM CLR 20/04 A2978
OTHER DATA
Activity: Pleasure Phase:
Landing Operation: General Aviation
Departed: (RDM) REDMOND, OR Dep Date:
06/19/2003 Dep. Time:
Destination: (RDM) REDMOND, OR(RD
Flt Plan: UNK Wx Briefing: U
Last Radio Cont: CONT RADIO CONTACT Last
Clearance: CLEARED TO LAND
FAA FSDO: PORTLAND, OR (NM09) Entry date:
06/20/2003
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