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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Becker Alex H LONG EZ · Detroit, MI · May 27, 1998

Date: May 27, 1998 · 06:20 local
Place: Detroit, MI
Airport: Detroit Metro Wayne County
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N57AM
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,000 total645 in this make and model29 in the last 90 days

N57AMRegistration cancelled Mar 30, 2009 · Becker Alex H LONG EZS/N 1792 · Built 1993 Airframe modelBecker Alex H LONG EZ Engine modelLycoming 0-320 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.

Severe nose gear shimmy on landing. Nose gear fork cracked in half.

As the FAA filed it

SEVERE NOSE GEAR SHIMMY ON LANDING. NOSE GEAR FORK CRACKED IN HALF.