# Incident 19860505025659I: Amtrru VARIEZE, El Cajon, CA, May 5, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 5, 1986, 13:30 local time
- Place: El Cajon, CA
- Airport: Gillespie
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8262° N, 116.9724° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GILLESPIE FLD (SEE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8262&lon=-116.9724&mi=10
- Aircraft: N27RG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N27RG-2014-09-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ganzer Raymond & David RUTAN VARIEZE (registry code 05609AY, https://openairdocs.org/model/ganzer-raymond-david-rutan-varieze) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRRU VARIEZE
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 400 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860505025659I

## Narrative

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

PARTIAL EXTENSION OF NOSE GEAR ONLY BEFORE LANDING. FOUND DRAG STRUT FITTING HAD FRACTURED.

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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