# Incident 20050709013809I: XLRG, Visalia, CA, July 9, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 2005, 13:50 local time
- Place: Visalia, CA
- Airport: Visalia Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.3186° N, 119.3929° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VISALIA MUNI (VIS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3186&lon=-119.3929&mi=10
- Aircraft: N301EF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N301EF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Funk Ralph XLRG (registry code 05611WF, https://openairdocs.org/model/funk-ralph-xlrg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: XLRG
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050709013809I

## Narrative

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

(-23) UPON LANDING AT VISAILIA, CA (VIS), A COMPONENT OF THE NOSE GEAR ASSEMBLY BROKE OFF AND APPARENTLY HIT THE PUSHER PROPELLER BLADES AS THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED SKIDDING DOWN THE RUNWAY. THERE WAS NO OTHER REPORTED MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT'S STRUCTURE.

## Other reports on N301EF (1)

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

- [Incident 20141001018819I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141001018819I), Oct 1, 2014: Funk Ralph XLRG (N301EF), Kennesaw, GA, Minor damage. On oct 1 2014 at approx 2110, while performing night time flight currency, N301EF landed at the ryy airport. During the second of a planned 3 landings, upon…

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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