# Incident 20001013038529I: Amtr VARIEZE, Phoenix, AZ, October 13, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 13, 2000, 13:39 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Airport: Williams Gateway Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4484° N, 112.0740° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Phoenix, AZ, within about 13 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4484&lon=-112.0740&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4156W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4156W-2026-01-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Wiltse Bruce BMW VARIEZE (registry code 05605UR, https://openairdocs.org/model/wiltse-bruce-bmw-varieze) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR VARIEZE
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,757 total, 117 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001013038529I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE ON APPROACH FOR LANDING THE PILOT WAS INSTRUCTED TO GO AROUND BY THE TOWER. PILOT EXECUTED GO AROUND, RAISED THE NOSE GEAR, AND RETURNED FOR LANDING WITHOUT LOWERING THE NOSE GEAR AGAIN. NO DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT OTHER THAN ON NOSE MOUNTED SKID BUMPER.

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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