20010113000579I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr VARIEZE · Concord, CA · January 13, 2001

Date: January 13, 2001 · 14:13 local
Place: Concord, CA
Airport: Buchanan Field
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N380T
Reported as: Amtr Varieze
Reported engine: AMTR O200
Pilot’s flight hours: 979 total40 in this make and model6 in the last 90 days

N380TRegistered now · Travland Oscar VARIEZES/N 510-2 · Built 1995 Airframe modelTravland Oscar VARIEZE Engine modelContinental 0-200 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

(-23) Tower reported a/c sustained minor damage after the nose gear collapsed during the landing roll. Pilot reported that he lowered the gear but failed to notice the gear unsafe buzzer not sounding. He proceeded to make a normal landing but when a/c was put on the nose gear, the handle spun back. He realized that the nose gear linkage was not properly over center and no buzzer had sounded.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) TOWER REPORTED A/C SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AFTER THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED DURING THE LANDING ROLL. PILOT REPORTED THAT HE LOWERED THE GEAR BUT FAILED TO NOTICE THE GEAR UNSAFE BUZZER NOT SOUNDING. HE PROCEEDED TO MAKE A NORMAL LANDING BUT WHEN A/C WAS PUT ON THE NOSE GEAR, THE HANDLE SPUN BACK. HE REALIZED THAT THE NOSE GEAR LINKAGE WAS NOT PROPERLY OVER CENTER AND NO BUZZER HAD SOUNDED.