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.
Aircraft was on second flight of phase one test and the first inflight gear retraction. Observers noticed that nose landing gear was not fully extended. Further pilot efforts to fully extend nose gear and lock were unsuccessful. Aircraft landed on main gear damaging propeller and nose cowling. Nose landing gear was locked into place manually after landing.
As the FAA filed it
AIRCRAFT WAS ON SECOND FLIGHT OF PHASE ONE TEST AND THE FIRST INFLIGHT GEAR RETRACTION. OBSERVERS NOTICED THAT NOSE LANDING GEAR WAS NOT FULLY EXTENDED. FURTHER PILOT EFFORTS TO FULLY EXTEND NOSE GEAR AND LOCK WERE UNSUCCESSFUL.AIRCRAFT LANDED ON MAIN GEAR DAMAGING PROPELLER AND NOSE COWLING. NOSE LANDING GEAR WAS LOCKED INTO PLACE MANUALLY AFTER LANDING.
Other reports on N320WJ · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.