# Incident 20050414006189I: Amtr LONGEZ, Raleigh-Durham, NC, April 14, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 14, 2005, 14:00 local time
- Place: Raleigh-Durham, NC
- Airport: Raleigh-Durham International
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.8776° N, 78.7875° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RALEIGH-DURHAM INTL (RDU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8776&lon=-78.7875&mi=10
- Aircraft: N989LE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N989LE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Van Arsdell Brent H RUTAN LONG EZ (registry code 05690X3, https://openairdocs.org/model/van-arsdell-brent-h-rutan-long-ez) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR LONGEZ
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,400 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050414006189I

## Narrative

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

(-23) LANDED AT RDU WITHOUT INCIDENT AFTER CLEARING RUNWAY 5L NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED WHILE STARTING ON TO TAXIWAY B NO DAMAGE TO PROP, ENGINE AIRFRAME OR PERSONS AIRCRAFT FELL ON TO SKID PLATE. PILOT EXITED AIRCRAFT REPOSITIONED NOSE STRUT AND CONTINUED TAXI TO THE RAMP.

## Other reports on N989LE (1)

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

- [Accident 19921129049389A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921129049389A), Nov 29, 1992: Amtr LONGEZ (N989LE), Charleston, SC, Substantial damage. Aircraft collided with military arresting cable during takeoff roll. (.4) during the take off roll from a civil/military joint use airport, the nose wheel of…

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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