# Incident 20080226013819I: Amtr LONGEZ, Orlando, FL, February 26, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 26, 2008, 13:15 local time
- Place: Orlando, FL
- Airport: Executive
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.5383° N, 81.3792° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Orlando, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5383&lon=-81.3792&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2617Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2617Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Buchan James F LONG-EZ (registry code 05611PP, https://openairdocs.org/model/buchan-james-f-long-ez) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR LONGEZ
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 359 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080226013819I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT TOOK OFF FOR LEESBURG AIRPORT AND WHILE CLIMBING AT ABOUT 300', THE CANOPY OPENED IN FLIGHT CAUSING HIS HEAD SET TO DETACH. PILOT WAS UNABLE TO CALL THE TOWER AND DECLARE EMERGENCY SINCE HE COULD NOT CLOSE THE CANOPY IN FLIGHT. PILOT STATED HE LEFT THE NOSE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED WHEN HE LANDED. ONCE ON THE GROUND THE AIRCRAFT MADE CONTACT WITH A BARRICADE USED ON THE CLOSED RUNWAY 13. THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE NOSE LANDING GEAR AND DOOR ALONG WITH THE NOSE SECTION. THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEFT MAIN LANDING PANT AND THE WOOD PROPELLER WAS CRACKED. PILOT ADMITS HE FORGOT TO LATCH THE CANOPY CLOSED PRIOR TO TAKING OFF.

## Other reports on N2617Z (1)

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

- [Incident 20011106034659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011106034659I), Nov 6, 2001: Amtr LONGEZ (N2617Z), Leesburg, FL, Minor damage. (-23) During takeoff after a touch and go landing, the nose wheel fell off. (3) bolts holding the nose gear failed. The pilot retracted the nose gear and…

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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