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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtrru Variezelong · Reno, NV · February 2, 1996

Date: February 2, 1996 · 14:45 local
Place: Reno, NV
Airport: Reno Cannon International Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N8BE
Reported as: Amtrru Variezelong
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 471 total76 in this make and model80 in the last 90 days

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.

Narrative: after completing two touch and go landings at rno, N8BE, piloted by Mr. Gary shank, certificate no. 21085648, returned for a final full stop landing at rno. During final approach Mr. Shank stated that he forgot to extend the nose landing gear. The aircraft made a normal touchdown on the main gear. As the aircraft deaccelerated the nose dropped to the runway. The aircraft skidded on its nose 200-300 feet and came to rest off the left shoulder of runway 16L.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: AFTER COMPLETING TWO TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS AT RNO, N8BE, PILOTED BY MR. GARY SHANK, CERTIFICATE NO. 21085648, RETURNED FOR A FINAL FULL STOP LANDING AT RNO. DURING FINAL APPROACH MR. SHANK STATED THAT HE FORGOT TO EXTEND THE NOSE LANDING GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT MADE A NORMAL TOUCHDOWN ON THE MAIN GEAR. AS THE AIRCRAFT DEACCELERATED THE NOSE DROPPED TO THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED ON ITS NOSE 200-300 FEET AND CAME TO REST OFF THE LEFT SHOULDER OF RUNWAY 16L.