# Incident 19890216009029I: Amtrru VARIEZELONG, Santa Monica, CA, February 16, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 16, 1989, 10:46 local time
- Place: Santa Monica, CA
- Airport: Santa Monica Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0158° N, 118.4513° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SANTA MONICA MUNI (SMO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0158&lon=-118.4513&mi=10
- Aircraft: N977ST, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N977ST-1994-03-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Sill/Thomas LONG-EZ (registry code 056097A, https://openairdocs.org/model/sill-thomas-long-ez) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRRU VARIEZELONG
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 300 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/19890216009029I

## Narrative

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

PILOT THOUGHT HE HAD RAISED GEAR. WHEN LOWERED LATER HE ACTUALLY RAISED IT. LANDED WITH GEAR UP.

## Other reports on N977ST (1)

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

- [Accident 19930620019389A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930620019389A), Jun 20, 1993: Amtrru VARIEZELONG (N977ST), Lone Pine, CA, Substantial damage. Lost power. Collapsed nose gear and nosed over in soft dry lake landing. Lacked airworthy inspections since new.

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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