# Incident 19970726028499I: Amtrru VARIEZE, Ft Myers, FL, July 26, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 26, 1997, 10:46 local time
- Place: Ft Myers, FL
- Airport: Page Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.5866° N, 81.8632° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PAGE FLD (FMY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.5866&lon=-81.8632&mi=10
- Aircraft: N84DY (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTRRU VARIEZE
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 1,300 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970726028499I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE AMATEUR BUILT AIRPLANE LANDED, DURING ROLL OUT THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. POST INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE 4 EA 10/32 BOLTS THAT SECURES THE OVERCENTER MECHANISM HAD COME LOOSE NOT ALLOWING THE NOSE GEAR TO PROPERLY LOCK IN THE DOWN POSITION.

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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