# Incident 20001220034169I: Amtr VARIEZE, Santa Rosa, CA, December 20, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 20, 2000, 12:21 local time
- Place: Santa Rosa, CA
- Airport: Sonoma County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.4405° N, 122.7144° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Rosa, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4405&lon=-122.7144&mi=10
- Aircraft: N106WW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N106WW-2018-02-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Linn W L/Snelling W R VARIEZE (registry code 056909Y, https://openairdocs.org/model/linn-w-l-snelling-w-r-varieze) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotorway RW-100 series (registry code 55001, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotorway-rw-100-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR VARIEZE
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 310 total, 150 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001220034169I

## Narrative

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

(-23)A/C LANDED WITH THE NOSE GEAR UP. PILOT STATED THAT HE FOLLOWED PROCEDURES TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR BY TURNING THE HANDLE BUT DID NOT OPERATE THE LANDING GEAR TO THE FULL OVER CENTER POSITION. THE DRIVE PIN THAT CONNECTS THE HANDLE ASSEMBLY TO THE NOSE GEAR MECHANISM HAD BROKEN ALLOWING THE NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE, CAUSING THE A/C NOSE TO LAND ON THE NOSE GROUND PLATE.

## Other reports on N106WW (1)

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

- [Incident 19901006064499I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901006064499I), Oct 6, 1990: Amtrru VARIEZE (N106WW), Indianapolis, IN, Minor damage. Just raised aircraft after touch down and turned it. On contacting ground it veered off runway.

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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