20150119000139I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Pierce James D RUTAN LONG-EZ · Olvie Branch, MS · January 19, 2015

Date
January 19, 2015 · 09:48 local
Place
Olvie Branch, MS
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N504WB
Reported as
Pierce James D Rutan LONG-EZ
Reported engine
Lycoming O&VO-360 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.

During landing pilot stated he had a green light for the nose gear and the main gear handle was in the down position and locked down. At touch down the nose gear was down and the main gear was not down. Aircraft substained minor damage to wing tips and engine cowling.

As the FAA filed it

DURING LANDING PILOT STATED HE HAD A GREEN LIGHT FOR THE NOSE GEAR AND THE MAIN GEAR HANDLE WAS IN THE DOWN POSITION AND LOCKED DOWN. AT TOUCH DOWN THE NOSE GEAR WAS DOWN AND THE MAIN GEAR WAS NOT DOWN. AIRCRAFT SUBSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO WING TIPS AND ENGINE COWLING.