# Incident 20051120028929I: Amtr GLASAIRIII, Bakersfield, CA, November 20, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 20, 2005, 13:00 local time
- Place: Bakersfield, CA
- Airport: Meadows Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4339° N, 119.0577° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MEADOWS FLD (BFL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4339&lon=-119.0577&mi=10
- Aircraft: N14EK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N14EK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Kruger John GLASAIR III (registry code 05608OK, https://openairdocs.org/model/kruger-john-glasair-iii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR GLASAIRIII
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,500 total, 52 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051120028929I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SUNDAY NOVEMBER 20, 2005, AT APPROXIMATELY 1300 PST, A GLASAIR III, N14EK OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LANDED AT MEADOWS FIELD, (KBFL) BAKERSFIELD, CA. THE LANDING WAS NORMAL AND WEATHER WAS CLEAR AND CALM, BUT THE NOSE LANDING GEAR SEPARATED FROM THE NOSE STRUT AND DEPARTED THE AIRPLANE ON TOUCHDOWN CAUSING THE NOSE TO DROP LOW AND ALLOW PROPELLER CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY SURFACE. THE PILOT REPORTED A SMOOTH TOUCHDOWN FOLLOWED BY A LOWER THAN NORMAL NOSE ATTITUDE WHEN LOWERING THE NOSE. THE PILOT GATHERED THE PIECES OF THE NOSE WHEEL ASSEMBLY AND GAVE IT TO HIS MECHANIC ^PRIVACY DATA O^ AT (MASSEY'S) LOCATED AT MINTER FIELD, SHAFTER, CA. AND HE COULD FIND NO APPARENT FAILURE. THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRPLANE WAS LIMITED TO THE NOSE LANDING GEAR, PROPELLER AND ENGINE. SOME SURFACE DAMAGE TO THE RUNWAY OCCURRED. CONDITION INSPECTION COMPLETED APPROXIMATELY 2 MONTHS EARLIER.

## Other reports on N14EK (1)

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

- [Incident 20000330004109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000330004109I), Mar 30, 2000: Amtr GLASAIRIII (N14EK), Bakersfield, CA, Minor damage. On 3/30/00, N14EK, kruger SH-3R glasair iii amateur built aircraft, piloted by a commercial pilot, operating under 49 CFR part 91 under VMC weather conditions…

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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