# Incident 20030406004329I: Amtr LONGEZ, Fullerton, CA, April 6, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 6, 2003, 12:47 local time
- Place: Fullerton, CA
- Airport: Fullerton Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8720° N, 117.9798° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FULLERTON MUNI (FUL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8720&lon=-117.9798&mi=10
- Aircraft: N485SP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N485SP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Jaekel Haile LONG-EZ (registry code 0569069, https://openairdocs.org/model/jaekel-haile-long-ez) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR LONGEZ
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2G
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,090 total, 372 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030406004329I

## Narrative

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

(-23) APRIL 6, 2003 ROBERT DOUGLAS KUNSTMANN WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH IN A LONG-EZ, N485SP, TO FULLERTON AIRPORT EXPERIENCED A HIGH SINK RATE IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN RESULTING IN A HARD LANDING. THE HARD LANDING RESULTED IN THE COLLAPSE OF THE NOSE GEAR AND TORE THE RIGHT MAIN WHEEL FROM THE FIBERGLASS LANDING GEAR STRUT. PARTS OF BOTH WHEEL PANTS AND THE RIGHT WHEEL BOUNCED UP INTO THE PROPELLER, DAMAGING THE PROPELLER AND COWLING. THE RIGHT WING TIP ALSO MADE CONTACT WITH THE GROUND CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE RIGHT VERTICAL FIN. WHEN THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED THE FIBERGLASS NOSE STRUCK THE RUNWAY CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE NOSE SKIN.

## Other reports on N485SP (1)

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

- [Incident 20070304013489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070304013489I), Mar 4, 2007: Amtr LONGEZ (N485SP), Honolulu, HI, No damage. (-23) Pilot reported he had a malfunction nose landing gear upon landing. The pilot landing speed was slow enough that the airplane finally rested on the nose…

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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