# Incident 20041113032809I: Amtr DYKEDELTAJD2, Hawthorne, CA, November 13, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 13, 2004, 00:31 local time
- Place: Hawthorne, CA
- Airport: Hawthorne Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9148° N, 118.3481° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hawthorne, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9148&lon=-118.3481&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7DY, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7DY) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Idler DYKE DELTA JD-2 (registry code 0562359, https://openairdocs.org/model/idler-dyke-delta-jd-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR DYKEDELTAJD2
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041113032809I

## Narrative

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

(-23) HAWTHORNE FCT FORWARD FAA FORM 8020-9 INFORMING THIS OFFICE OF AN INCIDENT OCCURING ON 11/13/2004, INVOLVING AN EXPERIMENTAL (DYKE DELTA) AIRCRAFT, N7DY THAT HAD THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSE AND PROPELLER STRIKES DURING LANDING. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED BY THE TWO OCCUPANTS. TOWER CLEARED PILOT FOR OPTIONS (AIRCRAFT HAD LANDED AND FUELED EARLIER AND HAD BEEN IN THE PATTERN FOR MOST OF THE DAY PER ATC). PER THE OWNER/OPERATOR PHONE STATEMENT, THE LANDING WAS SMOOTH BUT WHEN THE NOSE GEAR MADE CONTACT, HEARD A THUMP, NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING THE PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE GROUND AND THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO SKID. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP, THE OPERATOR, OCCUPANT (OPERATOR ELECTED NOT TO NAME) AND AIRPORT PERSONNEL LIFTED THE NOSE AND SECURED THE GEAR IN THE DOWN POSITION AND MOVED IT INTO THE HANGAR OF SECURITY AVIATION PENDING DISPOSITION OF REPAIRS. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR FIBER GLASS DAMAGE TO THE UNDERSIDE BUT SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER (WHICH WILL REQUIRE AN ENGINE OVERHAUL AND PROP REPLACEMENT). PER THE OWNER/OPERATOR THERE HAS BEEN NO DISCUSSION ON WHERE AND WHEN THIS AIRCRAFT WILL BE REPAIRED.

## Other reports on N7DY (2)

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

- [Incident 20210719011209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210719011209I), Jul 19, 2021: Idler DYKE DELTA JD-2 (N7DY), Springfield, IL, Minor damage. On 7/19/2021AT kspi(Abraham Lincoln regional airport N7DYA a dyke delta I was flying dyke delta s/n 1076I ran off runway 13 upon landing. N7DY had took ff on…
- [Accident 19990526021929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990526021929A), May 26, 1999: Amtr DELTAKITTEN (N7DY), Springfield, IL, Substantial damage. On may 26, 1999, at 1918 central daylight time, a idler dyke delta JD-2, N7DY, owned and piloted by a private pilot, received substantial damage on impact with…

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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