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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr COZY MKIV · Lynchburg, VA · August 7, 2008

Date
August 7, 2008 · 22:40 local
Place
Lynchburg, VA
Airport
Lynchburg Regional/Preston Glenn F
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N22NC
Reported as
Amtr Cozymkiv
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
500 total3 in this make and model3 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) The nose gear assembly separated from the aircraft after back pressure was applied to minimized vibration after touch down. Found nose gear assembly installed incorretly by the builder. The bolt ecuring the assembly was the wrong bolt.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE NOSE GEAR ASSEMBLY SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT AFTER BACK PRESSURE WAS APPLIED TO MINIMIZED VIBRATION AFTER TOUCH DOWN. FOUND NOSE GEAR ASSEMBLY INSTALLED INCORRETLY BY THE BUILDER. THE BOLT ECURING THE ASSEMBLY WAS THE WRONG BOLT.