# Incident 19990801025189I: Amtr COZY, Chino, CA, August 1, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 1, 1999, 15:41 local time
- Place: Chino, CA
- Airport: Chino Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9748° N, 117.6365° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHINO (CNO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9748&lon=-117.6365&mi=10
- Aircraft: N32HL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N32HL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lynch Jerry COZY (registry code 0561621, https://openairdocs.org/model/lynch-jerry-cozy) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR COZY
- Reported engine: LYC O320E3D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 615 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990801025189I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SUNDAY, AUGUST 8, 1999, AN EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT, MODEL COZY, N32HL LANDED SHORT OF RUNWAY 26R AT CHINO AIRPORT, CHINO CALIFORNIA. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE NOSE WHEEL CAME OFF DUE TO THE DEBONDING OF THE CASTING TO THE FIBERGLASS STRUT.  THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED STRAIGHT DOWN RUNWAY FOR ABOUT 1000 FEET, THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST AND THE ONLY DAMAGE WAS THE NOSE STRUT AND A CRACK IN THE WELD OF THE ELECTRIC LANDING GEAR ACTUATOR.  THE PILOT STATED THAT HE LANDED SHORT OF RUNWAY 26R AND HIT THE END OF THE RUNWAY WHICH CAUSE THE EXCESSIVE LOADING ON THE NOSE GEAR ASSEMBLY.  THE PILOT STATED HE WILL BE SCHEDULING HIS BIANNUAL FLIGHT REVIEW NEXT WEEK.

## Other reports on N32HL (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19971011032909I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971011032909I), Oct 11, 1997: Amtrcz COZY (N32HL), Chino, CA, Minor damage. Narrative: this experimental aircraft has a retractable nose gear. The main gear is non-retractable. On approach the pilot moved the nose gear switch to the…

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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