# Incident 19981116045449I: Amtrru VARIEZE, Palo Alto, CA, November 16, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 16, 1998
- Place: Palo Alto, CA
- Airport: Palo Alto Airport-Santa Clara Cou
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3965° N, 122.1431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Palo Alto, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3965&lon=-122.1431&mi=10
- Aircraft: N33ST, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N33ST-2021-10-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Youngs Donald K VARIEZE (registry code 05609BR, https://openairdocs.org/model/youngs-donald-k-varieze) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRRU VARIEZE
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981116045449I

## Narrative

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

(-5) AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH NOSE GEAR RETRACTED. PILOT STATED HE WAS DISTRACTED BY TRAFFIC IN THE PATTERN, AND DID NOT EXTEND THE NOSEWHEEL. AFTER LANDING, THE PILOT SAID HE EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AND EXTENDED THE NOSE GEAR MANUALLY, THEN TAXIED THE AIRCRAFT UNDER ITS OWN POWER TO THE RAMP. HE SAID THE HEADS OF FOUR BOLTS UNDER THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT WERE GROUND OFF BY THE PAVEMENT. HE SAID HE REPLACED THE BOLTS AND THERE WAS NO OTHER DAMAGE. THE PILOT WAS COUNSELED. AND NO OTHER ACTION WAS INITIATED. THIS CLOSES THE INVESTIGATION.

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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