# Incident 20040621019989I: Amtr RUTANDEFIANT, Lancaster, PA, June 21, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 21, 2004, 07:35 local time
- Place: Lancaster, PA
- Airport: Lancaster
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1224° N, 76.2944° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LANCASTER (LNS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1224&lon=-76.2944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N770JL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N770JL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Loofbourrow John W RUTAN DEFIANT (registry code 05610MU, https://openairdocs.org/model/loofbourrow-john-w-rutan-defiant) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360 series (registry code 41575, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR RUTANDEFIANT
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,999 total, 57 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040621019989I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT CLEARED FOR STRAIGHT-IN APPROACH TO RUNWAY 26. CLEAR, WINDLESS, & LOW HUMIDITY WEATHER. THE PILOT WAS DISTRACTED BY SOME CONSTRUCTION WORK ON THE AIRPORT AND QUEIRED THE TOWER AS TO WHAT TYPE WORK WAS IN PROCESS. UPON FLARE FOR LANDING, HE REALIZED HE FORGOT TO EXTEND THE NOSE GEAR. PILOT WAS COUNSELED BY INSPECTOR CHARLES MARTIN.

## Other reports on N770JL (1)

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

- [Accident 20161116023589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161116023589A), Nov 16, 2016: Loofbourrow John W RUTAN DEFIANT (N770JL), Morristown, NJ, Minor damage. On November 11, 2016 at 2025Z, N770JL, an amatuer built Rutan Defiant, landed on runway 23 at Morristown Airport. Upon landing the nose gear collapsed and the…

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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