# Incident 20020405014609I: Amtr SQ2000, Lakeland, FL, April 5, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 5, 2002, 18:45 local time
- Place: Lakeland, FL
- Airport: Lakeland Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.0395° N, 81.9498° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lakeland, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0395&lon=-81.9498&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2396M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2396M-2013-08-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Montgomery Larry W SQ-2000 (registry code 056075H, https://openairdocs.org/model/montgomery-larry-w-sq-2000) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR SQ2000
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 65 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/20020405014609I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE LANDING ON RUNWAY NINE RIGHT AT LAKELAND LINDER REGIONAL AIRPORT, LAKELAND, FLORIDA, FOR THE PURPOSE OF ATTENDING THE SUN 'N FUN FLY-IN, THE PILOT OF N2396M INADVERTENTLY MADE A HARD LANDING, CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR OF THE EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT TO COLLAPSE. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED, AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.

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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