# Incident 20040211013069I: Amtr LONGEZE, Brooksville, FL, February 11, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 11, 2004
- Place: Brooksville, FL
- Airport: Hernando County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.5166° N, 82.4047° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Brooksville, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5166&lon=-82.4047&mi=10
- Aircraft: N617LE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N617LE-2021-04-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Long-Ez No 617 LONG-EZE (registry code 056091U, https://openairdocs.org/model/long-ez-no-617-long-eze) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-235-L2C (registry code 42035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-235-l2c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR LONGEZE
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040211013069I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON FEBRUARY 11, 2004, AT 1330 EST, AN EXPERIMENTAL LONGEZ, N617LE, REGISTERED TO EDGAR F. FLAIG, SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE ON LANDING AT HERNANDO COUNTY AIRPORT (BKV), BROOKSVILLE, FLORIDA WHILE ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT. AT TOUCHDOWN THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WHEEL BRACKET BROKE ALLOWING THE NOSE WHEEL TO SEPARATE FROM THE AIRCRAFT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THERE WAS NO FLIGHT PLAN FILED FOR THE FLIGHT. THE PRIVATE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM LEESBURG REGIONAL AIRPORT (LEE) ON FEBRUARY 11, 2004.

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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