# Incident 20150716013349I: Smith Michael R GLASAIR II RG, Beaumont, TX, July 16, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 2015, 16:00 local time
- Place: Beaumont, TX
- Airport: Jack Brooks Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.9508° N, 94.0207° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JACK BROOKS RGNL (BPT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9508&lon=-94.0207&mi=10
- Aircraft: N911MS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N911MS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Smith Michael R GLASAIR II RG (registry code 05691DF, https://openairdocs.org/model/smith-michael-r-glasair-ii-rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SMITH MICHAEL R GLASAIR II RG
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
- 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/20150716013349I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS FLIGHT OF 2 INBOUND TO BPT WHEN SECOND AIRCRAFT ASK PILOT IF HE HAD SELECTED GEAR DOWN, PILOT ADVISED HE HAD NOT. # 2 PILOT SAID HE APPARENTLY HAD A UNCOMMANDED GEAR DOWN . PILOT TRIED CONTINUED TO BPT WHERE HE LANDED AND ON ROLLOUT THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM RUNWAY AND TOWED TO HANGAR. INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT REVEALED MINOR DAMAGE TO COWLING AND SUPPORT STRUCTURE BUT PROPELLOR DAMAGE WAS EXSTENSIVE. NO INJURIES TO PERSON WAS REPORTED. INSPECTION OF AIRFRAME SHOWED SIGNS OF WHAT APPEARED TO BE HYD FLUID 5606 WAS TRAILING DOWN RIGHT FLAP AND DRIPPING ON GROUND.

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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