# Incident 20150224001879I: Velocity VELOCITY XL, Prescott, AZ, February 24, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 24, 2015, 12:20 local time
- Place: Prescott, AZ
- Airport: Prescott Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5400° N, 112.4685° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Prescott, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5400&lon=-112.4685&mi=10
- Aircraft: N32XL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N32XL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: David Dent VELOCITY XL/RG (registry code 05617AJ, https://openairdocs.org/model/david-dent-velocity-xl-rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: VELOCITY VELOCITY XL
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150224001879I

## Narrative

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

GEAR WAS SELECTED DOWN FOR LANDING AND CREW OBSERVED NOSE GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATION WAS NOT ILLUMINATED.  PERFORMED FLY-BY AND TOWER CONFIRMED NOSE GEAR WAS STILL RETRACTED. CREW CLEARED THE AREA AND PERFORMED SEVERAL MANEUVERS TO ASSIST GEAR EXTENSION. NOSE GEAR REMAINED IN RETRACTED POSITION.  CREW ELECTED TO PROCEEDED TO LAND WITH NOSE GEAR RETRACTED AND MAIN GEAR EXTENDED. MINIMAL DAMAGED TO NOSE AREA NOTED.

## Other reports on N32XL (1)

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

- [Incident 20040730017479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040730017479I), Jul 30, 2004: Amtr VELOCITYXL (N32XL), Livermore, CA, Minor damage. (-23) The aircraft landed with the landing gear up due to faulty landing gear position indicator system.

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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