# Incident 20110729016049I: Gimple Lloyd COZY MARK IV, Chamblee, GA, July 29, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 2011, 08:30 local time
- Place: Chamblee, GA
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8811° N, 84.3017° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chamblee, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8811&lon=-84.3017&mi=10
- Aircraft: N142LE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N142LE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gimple Lloyd COZY MARK IV (registry code 05613I1, https://openairdocs.org/model/gimple-lloyd-cozy-mark-iv) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GIMPLE LLOYD COZY MARK IV
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 30 total, 30 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110729016049I

## Narrative

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

PILOT'S STATEMENT: ELECTRIC GEAR FAILED TO ACCUATE. FAILING TO GET THE GEAR DOWN, ELECTED TO LAND GEAR UP. NOTIFIED TOWER, LANDED SUCCESSFULLY. PRIOR TO LANDING, HAD DONE 2 TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS AT WINDER, DURING WHICH THE GEAR WORKED PROPERLY.^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^INSPECTORS STATEMENT: ARRIVED ON SCENE AN INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT REGISTRATION AND AIRWORTHINESS CERTIFICATES. INSPECTED PILOT CERTIFICATE AND MEDICAL CERTIFICATE FOR CURRENCY. NO DISCREPANCYS NOTED. INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT FOR DAMAGE. A SMALL AMOUNT OF SCRAPED AREA WAS NOTED ON THE LOWER NOSE OF THE FIBERGLASS COWL AND PAINT.. AIRCRAFT LANDED ON NOSE GEAR BUMPER SKID WHICH IS DESIGNED TO PROTECT THE AIRCRAFT WHEN NOSE GEAR IS FOLDED TO ENTER AND EXIT THE AIRCRAFT.  PILOT LATER STATED BY E-MAIL DATED 08-01-2011 THAT A LIMIT SWITCH IN THE GEAR ACTUATION CIRCUIT FAILED TO CLOSE AFTER THE GEAR CYCLED AND CAUSED THE GEAR TO STAY IN THE UP POSITION.

## Other reports on N142LE (1)

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

- [Incident 20040717015229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040717015229I), Jul 17, 2004: Amtr COZYMARK4 (N142LE), Albuquerque, NM, Minor damage. (-23) On July 17, 2004, at 0730 MDT, a gimple cozy mark iv experimental aircraft, N142LE, registered to and flown by lloyd a. gimple, experienced a hard…

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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