20070214001739I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr ZUNI · Chino, CA · February 14, 2007

Date
February 14, 2007 · 13:25 local
Place
Chino, CA
Airport
Chino Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N61ZE
Reported as
Amtr Zuni
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
750 total550 in this make and model5 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Experimental aircraft sustained minor damage on initial test flight when nose landing gear collapsed on landing at Chino Airport (cno) on runway 26R. Pilot stated nose gear strut was designed to support four hundred pounds pressure. Pilot is redesigning strut to support greater weight.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE ON INITIAL TEST FLIGHT WHEN NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING AT CHINO AIRPORT (CNO) ON RUNWAY 26R. PILOT STATED NOSE GEAR STRUT WAS DESIGNED TO SUPPORT FOUR HUNDRED POUNDS PRESSURE. PILOT IS REDESIGNING STRUT TO SUPPORT GREATER WEIGHT.