# Incident 20010528035319I: Amtr RV6A, Marion, IL, May 28, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 2001, 11:00 local time
- Place: Marion, IL
- Airport: Williamson County Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.7342° N, 88.9443° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Marion, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7342&lon=-88.9443&mi=10
- Aircraft: N99DJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N99DJ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lockwood Richard D R LOCKWOOD RV6A #1 (registry code 05605IG, https://openairdocs.org/model/lockwood-richard-d-r-lockwood-rv6a-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR RV6A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 183 total, 7 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010528035319I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON FLARE FOR LANDING ON RUNWAY 02, THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED TO THE RUNWAY AND THE NOSE GEAR FAILED AND BENT UNDER. THE PLANE SKIDDED DOWN THE RUNWAYAND VEERED TO THE LEFT. AS IT LEFT THE RUNWAY THE NOSE GEAR DUG INTO THE SOFT EARTH AND STOPPED THE MOTION. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

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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