# Incident 20120519010399I: Eckert/Engle LONG-EZ, Rockford, IL, May 19, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 19, 2012, 12:00 local time
- Place: Rockford, IL
- Airport: Chicago/Rockford International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1954° N, 89.0972° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHICAGO/ROCKFORD INTL (RFD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1954&lon=-89.0972&mi=10
- Aircraft: N93RF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N93RF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Eckert/Engle LONG-EZ (registry code 056098J, https://openairdocs.org/model/eckert-engle-long-ez) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ECKERT/ENGLE LONG-EZ
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120519010399I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Incident 20010121012989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010121012989I), Jan 21, 2001: Amtr LONGEZ (N93RF), Aurora, IL. (-23)Aircraft departed Aurora, IL (arr) airport for pleasure flight. During cruise operation the aircraft engine failed. Pilot executed an emergency landing in…

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.