# Incident 20000303018649I: Amtr COZY, Mesa, AZ, March 3, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 3, 2000, 11:39 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Airport: Falcon Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4608° N, 111.7283° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FALCON FLD (FFZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4608&lon=-111.7283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5CZ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5CZ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Wickstrom James H COZY (registry code 05616UB, https://openairdocs.org/model/wickstrom-james-h-cozy) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-375 (registry code 42419, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-375) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR COZY
- Pilot flight hours: 250 total, 40 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/20000303018649I

## Narrative

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

(-23)LETTER FROM PILOT TO FAA INSPECTOR: ON MARCH 3RD I HAD A HARD LANDING WIHT MY PLNE RESULTING IN A BORKEN FORK FO MY NOSE GEAR. ONLY ONE SIDE BROKE AT FIRST, THEN OTHER SIDE GAVE WAY SENDING THE WHEEL SAILING PAST THE PLANE AND LANDING ON THE GRASS NEXT TO THE RUNWAY. AFTER STUDYING THE BROKEN PARTS, IT WAS QUITE APPARENT THT HTERE WAS A HAIR CRACK THT HAS STARTED PREVIOUSLY, POSSIBLY WHEN I WAS AT MAXIMUM FROM SEAT LOAD WITH TWO PEOPLE.  I  HAVE ON ORDER, NEW LANDING GEAR THAT WILL MAKE MY NOSE WHEEL ASSEMBLY MUCH STRONGER.

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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