# Incident 20100714038279I: Ciernia Jam GLASAIR III, Mobile, AL, July 14, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 14, 2010, 10:29 local time
- Place: Mobile, AL
- Airport: Brookley Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.6944° N, 88.0431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mobile, AL, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.6944&lon=-88.0431&mi=10
- Aircraft: N65DE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N65DE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ciernia James R GLASAIR III (registry code 056038E, https://openairdocs.org/model/ciernia-james-r-glasair-iii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIERNIA JAM GLASAIR III
- Reported engine: LYCON OF CALIFORNIA IO-540 EXP
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 7 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100714038279I

## Narrative

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

DURING TAKEOFF ROLL ON RUNWAY 14 AT KBFM THE NOSE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED AND AIRCRAFT NOSE COWL, SPINNER, AND PROPELLER IMPACTED THE RUNWAY.  PILOT STATED DURING PREFLIGHT HE MUST HAVE INADVERTENTLY SELECTED THE LANDING GEAR SWITCH TO THE GEAR UP POSITION THINKING HE SELECTED THE SPOILERS SWITCH TO THE RETRACTED POSITION. THE AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR SWITCH AND SPOILERS SWITCH ARE IDENTICAL IN DESIGN AND WITHIN THREE (3) INCHES OF EACH OTHER.

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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