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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Farr Jonathan W COZY MK IV · Victoria, TX · November 8, 2011

Date
November 8, 2011 · 16:49 local
Place
Victoria, TX
Airport
Victoria Regional
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N244CZ
Reported as
Farr Jonathan W Cozy MK IV
Reported engine
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,534 total880 in this make and model39 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.

While on approach to airport pilot became distracted by rain and did not remember to lower nose landing gear (mains are fixed). No injuries and only damage to aircraft was to skid plate that was installed for this purpose.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE ON APPROACH TO AIRPORT PILOT BECAME DISTRACTED BY RAIN AND DID NOT REMEMBER TO LOWER NOSE LANDING GEAR (MAINS ARE FIXED). NO INJURIES AND ONLY DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT WAS TO SKID PLATE THAT WAS INSTALLED FOR THIS PURPOSE.