37.6934° N, 121.8204° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at LIVERMORE MUNI (LVK), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
November 22, 2008 · 05:00 local
Place
Livermore, CA
Airport
Livermore Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N90GG
Reported as
Gruber Glasairiii
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,605 total1,540 in this make and model30 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.
Pilot was landing the aircraft at Livermore airport (lvk) on runway 25 right without nose gear extended indication. Several attempts to lower nose gear were made. After main gear tires touchdown and the aircraft slid to a stop on nose section. Engine throttled back and rotating causing propeller damage and engine sudden stoppage. Pilot evacuated aircraft.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT WAS LANDING THE AIRCRAFT AT LIVERMORE AIRPORT (LVK) ON RUNWAY 25 RIGHT WITHOUT NOSE GEAR EXTENDED INDICATION. SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO LOWER NOSE GEAR WERE MADE. AFTER MAIN GEAR TIRES TOUCHDOWN AND THE AIRCRAFT SLID TO A STOP ON NOSE SECTION. ENGINE THROTTLED BACK AND ROTATING CAUSING PROPELLER DAMAGE AND ENGINE SUDDEN STOPPAGE. PILOT EVACUATED AIRCRAFT.