# Incident 19960808030559I: Amtrru DEFIANT, Santa Ana, CA, August 8, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 1996, 10:00 local time
- Place: Santa Ana, CA
- Airport: John Wayne Airport-Orange Cou
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7368° N, 117.8829° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Ana, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7368&lon=-117.8829&mi=10
- Aircraft: N726RD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N726RD-2018-04-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Rupp Roger J RUTAN DEFIANT (registry code 05690C5, https://openairdocs.org/model/rupp-roger-j-rutan-defiant) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRRU DEFIANT
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,422 total, 350 in this make and model, 59 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960808030559I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: MR. DAVID ORR STATED THAT AFTER LANDING, ON ROLLOUT, THE NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED. INVESTIGATION BY MR. ORR DISCOVERED THE LOCKING TAB FOR THE DOWN LOCK WAS CAUGHT UP IN A WIRING BUNDLE UNDER THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THIS PREVENTED THE TAB FROM ACTUATING INTO PLACE. THE CORRECTIVE ACTION WAS TO PROPERLY SECURE THE WIRING BUNDLE TO PREVENT IT FROM DROOPING INTO THE PATH OF THE DOWN LOCK SYSTEM. DAMAGE LIMITED TO LOWER ENGINE COWL, LOWER PORTION OF RUDDER AND WOODEN PROP TIPS. NO DAMAGE WAS DONE TO AIRPORT PROPERTY. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N726RD (1)

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

- [Accident 20060505008099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060505008099A), May 5, 2006: Amtr RUTANDEFIANT (N726RD), Coeur D Alene, ID, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot failed to lower the nose gear prior to landing causing the aircraft to skid on the lower nose fuselage over 2,000 feet down the runway. This…

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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