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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtrru VARI-EZE · San Jose, CA · July 28, 1988

Date: July 28, 1988 · 16:52 local
Place: San Jose, CA
Airport: Reid Hillview Of Santa Clara C
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N151VE
Reported as: Amtrru Varieze
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 450 total250 in this make and model1 in the last 90 days

N151VERegistration cancelled Feb 9, 2019 · Freeman VARI-EZES/N 151 · Built 1980 Airframe modelFreeman VARI-EZE Engine modelContinental 0-200 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot forgot to lower nose gear. Landed with nose gear up. Aircraft received minor damage.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT FORGOT TO LOWER NOSE GEAR. LANDED WITH NOSE GEAR UP. AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE.