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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Dembinsky Joel H LONG-EZ · Carlsbad, CA · September 1, 2014

Date
September 1, 2014 · 16:00 local
Place
Carlsbad, CA
Airport
Mc Clellan-Palomar
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4WX
Reported as
Dembinsky Joel H LONG-EZ
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-235 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
242 total37 in this make and model4 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.

Pilot landed with nose gear retracted. Pilot stated to fire department and inspector that he forgot to put it down. Pilot also made statement to firefighter that this had happened before. Incident investigation revealed that pilot did not have a current flight review.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT LANDED WITH NOSE GEAR RETRACTED. PILOT STATED TO FIRE DEPARTMENT AND INSPECTOR THAT HE FORGOT TO PUT IT DOWN. PILOT ALSO MADE STATEMENT TO FIREFIGHTER THAT THIS HAD HAPPENED BEFORE. INCIDENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT PILOT DID NOT HAVE A CURRENT FLIGHT REVIEW.