19990215012569I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtrru Varieze · Palo Alto, CA · February 15, 1999

Date: February 15, 1999 · 16:06 local
Place: Palo Alto, CA
Airport: Palo Alto Airport-Santa Clara Cou
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N999JD
Reported as: Amtrru Varieze
Reported engine: Continental O200A
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 4,500 total16 in this make and model30 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.

Varieze N999JD was built prior to landing gear improvement suggestions from designer. Landing gear attachment system was weak as originally designed. Landing gear seperated from the fuselage at the attachment point during landing rollout. Aircraft repairs to be inspected by an FAA airworthiness inpector prior to return to service. Aircraft operation permitted only in sparsely populated areas for minimum of 40 hours after returned to service.

As the FAA filed it

VARIEZE N999JD WAS BUILT PRIOR TO LANDING GEAR IMPROVEMENT SUGGESTIONS FROM DESIGNER. LANDING GEAR ATTACHMENT SYSTEM WAS WEAK AS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED. LANDING GEAR SEPERATED FROM THE FUSELAGE AT THE ATTACHMENT POINT DURING LANDING ROLLOUT. AIRCRAFT REPAIRS TO BE INSPECTED BY AN FAA AIRWORTHINESS INPECTOR PRIOR TO RETURN TO SERVICE. AIRCRAFT OPERATION PERMITTED ONLY IN SPARSELY POPULATED AREAS FOR MINIMUM OF 40 HOURS AFTER RETURNED TO SERVICE.