# Incident 20061117024439I: Amtr LONGEZ, Orlando, FL, November 17, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 17, 2006, 17:10 local time
- Place: Orlando, FL
- Airport: Orlando Sanford Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.7772° N, 81.2349° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ORLANDO SANFORD INTL (SFB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.7772&lon=-81.2349&mi=10
- Aircraft: N44LZ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N44LZ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Pearsall Donald G LONG-EZ (registry code 0569039, https://openairdocs.org/model/pearsall-donald-g-long-ez) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR LONGEZ
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 914 total, 113 in this make and model, 42 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061117024439I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS RETURNING FROM THE WILLISTON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT VFR WHEN HE FAILED TO FOLLOW HIS ESTABLISHED PROCEDURE OF LOWERING THE NOSE GEAR PRIOR TO ENTERING THE PATTERN. UPON TOUCH DOWN THE PILOT LOWERED THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT TO THE RUNWAY AND SKIDDED TO A STOP ON THE HOCKEY PUCK THAT WAS FIBER GLASSED ON THE NOSE SECTION. THERE WAS MINIMAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND AFTER EXTENDING THE NOSE GEAR HE TAXIED TO THE HANGAR. HE WAS COUNSELED ON PROPER CHECKLIST PROCEDURES AND ESTABLISHING SET PROCEDURES FOR GEAR EXTENSION.

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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