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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Eckert/Engle LONG-EZ · Rockford, IL · May 19, 2012

Date
May 19, 2012 · 12:00 local
Place
Rockford, IL
Airport
Chicago/Rockford International
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N93RF
Reported as
Eckert/Engle LONG-EZ
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0

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.

N93RF on landing rollout, almost fullly stopped the nose landing gear retracted. The pilot exited the aircraft, lifted up the front of the aircraft, reached in the cockpit then cranked down the nose landing gear. The pilot then re-entered the aircraft and taxied to the hangar. No stuctural damage beyond minor fiberglass scratches.

As the FAA filed it

N93RF ON LANDING ROLLOUT, ALMOST FULLLY STOPPED THE NOSE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED. THE PILOT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT, LIFTED UP THE FRONT OF THE AIRCRAFT, REACHED IN THE COCKPIT THEN CRANKED DOWN THE NOSE LANDING GEAR. THE PILOT THEN RE-ENTERED THE AIRCRAFT AND TAXIED TO THE HANGAR. NO STUCTURAL DAMAGE BEYOND MINOR FIBERGLASS SCRATCHES.

Other reports on N93RF · 1

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