# Incident 20120106001349I: Jones SA105, New Smyrna Beac, FL, January 6, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 6, 2012, 16:21 local time
- Place: New Smyrna Beac, FL
- Airport: New Smyrna Beach Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.0557° N, 80.9489° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEW SMYRNA BEACH MUNI (JACK BOLT FLD) (EVB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0557&lon=-80.9489&mi=10
- Aircraft: N320WJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N320WJ-2018-06-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Jones SA105 (registry code 05629BC, https://openairdocs.org/model/jones-sa105) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320-B1C (registry code 41909, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-b1c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: JONES SA105
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 4,085 total, 1 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120106001349I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Accident 20120403005969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120403005969A), Apr 3, 2012: Jones SA105 (N320WJ), New Smyrna Beac, FL, Substantial damage. An experimental aircraft operating on phase 1 flights in the new Smyrna Beach test area prescribed encountered a second gear malfunction. The aircraft recently…

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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