# Incident 20160525008049I: Koch John R LONG-EZ, Camarillo, CA, May 25, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 25, 2016, 12:28 local time
- Place: Camarillo, CA
- Airport: Camarillo
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2138° N, 119.0944° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CAMARILLO (CMA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2138&lon=-119.0944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N388TT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N388TT-2017-06-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Koch John R LONG-EZ (registry code 0569061, https://openairdocs.org/model/koch-john-r-long-ez) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: KOCH JOHN R LONG-EZ
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,702 total, 202 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160525008049I

## Narrative

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

ON 05/25/2016, AT APPROXIMATELY 1228 PDT, ACCIDENT PILOT WAS CONDUCTING TOUCH AND GO MANEUVERS  IN THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT ON RUNWAY 26 AT THE CAMARILLO AIRPORT, CAMARILLO, CA.

DURING HIS FINAL TOUCH AND GO MANEUVER, PILOT WAS DISTRACTED DURING COMPLETION OF HIS CHECKLIST BY A RADIO CALL BY THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER, INDICATING HIS AIRCRAFT WAS NUMBER 2 TO LAND, AFTER ANOTHER AIRCRAFT, ON A ONE MILE FINAL APPROACH FOR RUNWAY 26.

WHILE LOOKING TO CLEAR LANDING TRAFFIC AHEAD OF HIM, PILOT FAILED TO LOWER THE NOSE LANDING GEAR ON HIS AIRCRAFT, AND LANDED NOSE GEAR-UP ON RUNWAY 26.

THE AIRPLANE WAS TAKEN TO THE PILOT'S HANGAR, WHERE THE IIC INSPECTED THE AIRPLANE FOR DAMAGE. FOUND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LOWER NOSE SECTION.

## Other reports on N388TT (1)

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

- [Incident 20160413006419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160413006419I), Apr 13, 2016: Koch John R LONG-EZ (N388TT), Camarillo, CA, Minor damage. 04/14/2016 - Received daily report of a hard landing/gear collapse at Camarillo Airport (kcma), Camarillo, CA, on 04/13/2016, at 1226 PDT, involving N288TT, an…

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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