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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr VIPER · Tulsa, OK · March 25, 2000

Date: March 25, 2000 · 14:00 local
Place: Tulsa, OK
Airport: Richard Lloyd Jones Jr Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6227S
Reported as: Amtr Viper
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 201 total100 in this make and model32 in the last 90 days

N6227SRegistration cancelled May 19, 2015 · Daunay Brice VIPERS/N 001 · Built 1997 Airframe modelDaunay Brice VIPER Engine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23)The pilot just purchased the aircraft and had taken it out to familiarize himself with it. He had 100 hours in this type aircraft. After flying locally and performing two touch and go's, the pilot was going to come to a full stop to refuel in preparation for a cross country flight. He stated that he had three green lights, but that the nose gear was not down. The nose settled to the ground as the aircraft slowed. Damage to the aircraft was minor, (fiberglass on nose ground away). The landing gear system was inspected and a down on the gear was found out af adjustment and repaired. The fiberglass on the nose was repaired and the aircraft was flown to the new owners home in privacy data omitted, on 03/25/00.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)THE PILOT JUST PURCHASED THE AIRCRAFT AND HAD TAKEN IT OUT TO FAMILIARIZE HIMSELF WITH IT. HE HAD 100 HOURS IN THIS TYPE AIRCRAFT. AFTER FLYING LOCALLY AND PERFORMING TWO TOUCH AND GO'S, THE PILOT WAS GOING TO COME TO A FULL STOP TO REFUEL IN PREPARATION FOR A CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT. HE STATED THAT HE HAD THREE GREEN LIGHTS, BUT THAT THE NOSE GEAR WAS NOT DOWN. THE NOSE SETTLED TO THE GROUND AS THE AIRCRAFT SLOWED. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS MINOR, (FIBERGLASS ON NOSE GROUND AWAY). THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM WAS INSPECTED AND A DOWN ON THE GEAR WAS FOUND OUT AF ADJUSTMENT AND REPAIRED. THE FIBERGLASS ON THE NOSE WAS REPAIRED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN TO THE NEW OWNERS HOME IN ^PRIVACY DATA O^, ON 03/25/00.