# Incident 20070206002039I: Amtr LIBERTYXL2, Melbourne, FL, February 6, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 6, 2007, 14:59 local time
- Place: Melbourne, FL
- Airport: Melbourne Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.0836° N, 80.6081° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Melbourne, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0836&lon=-80.6081&mi=10
- Aircraft: N554XL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N554XL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Liberty Aerospace LIBERTY XL-2 (registry code 5200000, https://openairdocs.org/model/liberty-aerospace-liberty-xl-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IOF-240-B (registry code 17168, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-iof-240-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR LIBERTYXL2
- Reported engine: CONT IO240B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,100 total, 80 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070206002039I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING 4TH TOUCH AND GO LANDING ON RUNWAY 32, AT MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, STUDENT PILOT HEARD A LOUD NOISE FROM THE NOSE LANDING GEAR AREA. STUDENT APPLIED FULL THROTTLE AND TOOK OFF TO ASCERTAIN CONDITION OF NOSE GEAR FROM THE MELBOURNE CONTROL TOWER. MELBOURNE TOWER INFORMED OCCUPANTS THAT MAIN GEAR WAS OUT, BUT NOSE GEAR WAS RETRACTED. THE AIRCRAFT HAS FIXED GEAR, SO THIS TRANSLATED TO THE PILOT AND STUDENT THAT THE NOSE GEAR HAD SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT DURING LAST LANDING. INSTRUCTOR PILOT TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF ANOTHER COMPANY AIRCRAFT IN MELBOURNE'S AIRSPACE PLOTTED A COURSE OF ACTION. INSTRUCTOR PILOT EXECUTED A SOFT FIELD LANDING ON RUNWAY 9L AT MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WITHOUT INCIDENT, NO EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO NOSE GEAR ARM, BELLY PANEL AND TIP OF PROPELLER.

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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