# Incident 20000715035699I: Amtr COZYMARK4, Lubbock, TX, July 15, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 15, 2000, 15:20 local time
- Place: Lubbock, TX
- Airport: Lubbock International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5779° N, 101.8552° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lubbock, TX, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5779&lon=-101.8552&mi=10
- Aircraft: N871F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N871F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Funk Kevin M.D. COZY MARK 4 (registry code 05607QQ, https://openairdocs.org/model/funk-kevin-m-d-cozy-mark-4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR COZYMARK4
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- Pilot flight hours: 640 total, 40 in this make and model, 41 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000715035699I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON JULY 15, 2000, AT APPROXIMATELY 1520 CDT LOCAL TIME, N871F, A COZY MARK IV, AN EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR BUILD AIRCRAFT, DURING LANDING ROLL ON RUNWAY 17R AT LUBBOCK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT(LBB), LUBBOCK, TEXAS, LOST THE NOSEGEAR. THE FORK SECTION BECAME DETACHED FROM NOSE LANDING GEAR LEG AT THE ATTACHMENT POINT.  THE FOUR BOLTS THAT HOLD THE FORK SECTION FAILED.  THIS INCIDENT RESULTED IN MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT NOSEGEAR LEG.  IMPROPER BOLTS APPLICATION, WHICH RESULTED IN THE BOLTS' HEAD FAILING.  NO INJURIES TO EITHER THE PILOT OR PASSENGER.  VFR WEATHER PREVAILED.  BUILDER HAS CONTACTED THE AIRCRAFT DESIGNER, AND DESIGNER WILL ISSUE A NEWSLETTER TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING IN THE FUTURE.

## Other reports on N871F (1)

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

- [Incident 20230919016989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230919016989I), Sep 19, 2023: Funk Kevin M.D. COZY MARK 4 (N871F), Welaka, FL, Minor damage. Pilot was landing at 3FL0 air park at night when it hit a deer by the left side of the aircraft. Damages to the aircraft were: 1. Left main gear fairing and 2.…

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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