# Incident 20010310002999I: Amtr VARIEZE, Bakersfield, CA, March 10, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 10, 2001, 11:30 local time
- Place: Bakersfield, CA
- Airport: Meadows Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4339° N, 119.0577° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MEADOWS FLD (BFL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4339&lon=-119.0577&mi=10
- Aircraft: N34SH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N34SH-2018-03-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hudson Leo D VARIEZE (registry code 056903J, https://openairdocs.org/model/hudson-leo-d-varieze) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR VARIEZE
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,020 total, 4 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010310002999I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 3/10/01 AT APPROX 11:30 HOURS PST,^PRIVACY D^PILOTED HIS NEWLY ACQUIRED VARIEZE AIRCRAFT N34SH, AROUND THE AIRPORT TRAFFIC PATTERN AT MEADOWS FIELD AIRPORT, BAKERSFIELD, CA FOR THE FIRST TIME WITH THE PREVIOUS OWNER OF THE AIRCRAFT AS HIS PASSENGER IN THE BACK SEAT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED ON RUNWAY 30R. IT WAS NOTED THAT THE NOSE LANDING ATTITUDE OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS UNUSUALLY LOW. EXITING THE RUNWAY, A CLANKING NOISE WAS HEARD AND THE NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED. THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED ON THE NOSE MOUNTED TEFLON SKID PAD FOR APPROX. TEN FEET. MECHANICAL FAILURE OF A NOSE GEAR SPROCKET CAUSED THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE. THERE WAS NO AIRCRAFT DAMAGE BEYOND THE SCRAPING OF THE NOSE MOUNTED TEFLON SKID PAD. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO EITHER OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT.

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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