# Incident 19990820035049I: Amtr COZY, Hawthorne, CA, August 20, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 1999, 16:23 local time
- Place: Hawthorne, CA
- Airport: Hawthorne Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9148° N, 118.3481° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hawthorne, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9148&lon=-118.3481&mi=10
- Aircraft: N795DB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N795DB-2018-02-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Elkind Bruce COZY MK IV (registry code 05630HL, https://openairdocs.org/model/elkind-bruce-cozy-mk-iv) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR COZY
- Reported engine: LYC IO360A2B
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 450 total, 297 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990820035049I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THIS PAGE IS AN ATTACHEMENT TO FAA FORM 8020-23 FOR AIRCRAFT INCIDENT DATED 08-20-99. ON AUGUST 20, 1999 PIC BRUCE ELKIND OPERATED EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT N795DB WITH 2 PASSENGERS FROM HAWTHORNE, CA TO CAMARILLO, CA AND BACK TO HAWTHORNE, CA.  AT APPROX. 1623, THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT HAWTHORNE, CA (HHR).  AFTER LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED FOR APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET WHEN THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED.  INITIAL INSPECTION REVEALED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE NOSE SECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT.  NO PERSONAL INJURIES WERE REPORTED.  DURING PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION, MR. ELKIND REPORTED THAT THE NOSE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED DURING THE APPROACH.  HE STATED THAT THE GEAR LIGHTS WERE EXTINGUISHED AFTER GEAR EXTENSION AND THAT NOSE GEAR EXTENSION WAS VERIFIED VISUALLY THROUGH THE INSPECTION PORT LOCATED IN THE FLOOR OF THE COCKPIT.  HE REPORTED NOTHING UNUSUAL ABOUT THE APPROACH OR ACTUAL LANDING.  A SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION REVEALED DAMAGE AND EXCESS WEAR TO THE NOSE GEAR CRANK AND WORM GEAR ASSEMBLY.  THE BOLT THAT SUPPORTS THE LARGE GEAR WAS BENT AND THE PIVOT ASSEMBLY EXHIBITED EXCESS WEAR AND LOOSENESS.  THE CAUSE OF THIS INCIDENT COULD NOT BE ACCURATELY DETERMINED.  ^PRIVACY ^  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N795DB (1)

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

- [Accident 20111023030339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111023030339A), Oct 23, 2011: Elkind Bruce COZY MK IV (N795DB), Lexington, NC, Destroyed, 1 fatal. The following was reported during an interview of the survivor at wake forest baptist hospital the day of the accident:on the flight prior to the accident…

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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