# Incident 19990619022779I: Amtr LONGEZ, Denver, CO, June 19, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 19, 1999, 12:23 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Airport: Centennial Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5701° N, 104.8493° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CENTENNIAL (APA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5701&lon=-104.8493&mi=10
- Aircraft: N999DD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N999DD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas Donald A RUTAN LONG EZ (registry code 05690P5, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-donald-a-rutan-long-ez) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR LONGEZ
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 1,317 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990619022779I

## Narrative

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

MR. DOUBLAS NOTED THAT VOICE TRAFFIC AT APA WAS EXTREMELY HIGH AS HE ENTERED THE TRAFFIC PATTERN., HE FEELS HE INADVERTENTLY OR ACCIDENTLY HIT THE "DEFEAT" BUTTON THAT CANCELS THE NOSE GEAR WARNING FOR THIS TYPE AIRCRAFT. FLARE AND LANDING WERE NORMAL, BUT AS HE LOWERED THE NOSE REALIZED THE NOSE GEAR WAS RETRACTED. INSPECTION REVEALED ONLY MINOR DAMAGE TO THE SKIN AND FOAM THEREUNDER. MR. DOUGLAS STATED THAT THE STEEL BELTED TIRE FRAGMENT ATTACHED FOR JUST SUCH AN EVENT WAS ONLY PARTIALLY SCUFFED. MR. DOUGLAS STATED HE WAS MODIFYING HIS AIRCRAFT TO PREVENT SUCH AN OCCURRENCE AGAIN. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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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