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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr VARIEZE · Mesa, AZ · March 20, 2008

Date: March 20, 2008 · 14:20 local
Place: Mesa, AZ
Airport: Falcon Fld
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N17EZ
Reported as: Amtr Varieze
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Student
Pilot’s flight hours: 489 total5 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N17EZRegistered now · Chambliss-Max VARIEZES/N 1522 Airframe modelChambliss-Max VARIEZE Engine modelContinental 0-200 seriesReciprocating

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) The following is a written statement received from the pilot: "the situation was a result of my not getting the pin on the crank of the landing gear retract system inserted in the hole. When the nose gear touched down it bounced and on the second bounce the gear crank unwound allowing the gear to retract. The eze slid on the nose 30 to 40 yards grinding off some foam and fiberglass. The cost to repair will be $42 for a new gear leg and no more than $15 for foam, glass and paint."

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE FOLLOWING IS A WRITTEN STATEMENT RECEIVED FROM THE PILOT: "THE SITUATION WAS A RESULT OF MY NOT GETTING THE PIN ON THE CRANK OF THE LANDING GEAR RETRACT SYSTEM INSERTED IN THE HOLE. WHEN THE NOSE GEAR TOUCHED DOWN IT BOUNCED AND ON THE SECOND BOUNCE THE GEAR CRANK UNWOUND ALLOWING THE GEAR TO RETRACT. THE EZE SLID ON THE NOSE 30 TO 40 YARDS GRINDING OFF SOME FOAM AND FIBERGLASS. THE COST TO REPAIR WILL BE $42 FOR A NEW GEAR LEG AND NO MORE THAN $15 FOR FOAM, GLASS AND PAINT."