# Incident 20020424016319I: Amtr EUROPA*, Chino, CA, April 24, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 24, 2002, 10:48 local time
- Place: Chino, CA
- Airport: Chino Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9748° N, 117.6365° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHINO (CNO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9748&lon=-117.6365&mi=10
- Aircraft: N27EU, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N27EU) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ragle Lincoln L EUROPA (registry code 05607SX, https://openairdocs.org/model/ragle-lincoln-l-europa) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR EUROPA*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 517 total, 80 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020424016319I

## Narrative

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

(-23) MR. LINCOLN RAGLE AND A PASSENGER DEPARTED THE CHINO AIRPORT CHINO CALIFORNIA AND STAYED IN THE PATTERN. MR. RAGLE STATED THAT THE CHINO TOWER WAS TRAINING A NEW CONTROLLER AND ON FINAL APPROACH IT APPEARED THE NEW CONTROLLER HAD APPROVED TWO AIRCRAFT TO LAND AT THE SAME TIME. THE TOWER SUPERVISOR TOOK OVER AND REROUTED THE OTHER AIRCRAFT. ON FINAL APPROACH MR. RAGLE STATED HE LOWERED THE SINGLE FUSELAGE MOUNTED LANDING GEAR, BUT DID NOT VERIFY THAT THE GEAR LOCKED IN THE DOWN POSITION. AFTER LANDING THE WEIGHT OF THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED ON TO THE SINGLE FUSELAGE GEAR. THE GEAR NOT BEING LOCKED RETRACTED BACK INSIDE THE FUSELAGE UNTIL JUST HALF OF THE WHEEL WAS EXPOSED, WHICH IS THE NORMAL RETRACT POSITION. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE, AND MR. RAGLE AND PASSENGER DID NOT RECEIVE ANY INJURIES.

## Other reports on N27EU (3)

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

- [Incident 20250423007399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250423007399I), Apr 23, 2025: Ragle Lincoln L EUROPA (N27EU), Palo Alto, CA, Minor damage. When flying from wvi to pao the PIC listened to ATIS reporting crosswind of 10 gusting 20. Visual observation of windsock showed wind from 280 degrees. PIC…
- [Incident 20210301008419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210301008419I), Mar 1, 2021: Ragle Lincoln L EUROPA (N27EU), Half Moon Bay, CA, Minor damage. PIC was completing a third landing on a short approach. The PIC selected the landing gear handle to lower/extend and did not verify the gear was in the fully…
- [Incident 20040128002519I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040128002519I), Jan 28, 2004: Amtr EUROPA* (N27EU), La Verne, CA, Minor damage. (-23) The pilot stated that at the end of the landing roll, excessive braking was applied causing the propeller to briefly strike the runway causing damage to…

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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