# Incident 20160608006089I: Cowger Michael J SONEX, Decatur, IL, June 8, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 8, 2016, 16:00 local time
- Place: Decatur, IL
- Airport: Decatur
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8346° N, 88.8657° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DECATUR (DEC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8346&lon=-88.8657&mi=10
- Aircraft: N709LM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N709LM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cowger Michael J SONEX (registry code 05633OJ, https://openairdocs.org/model/cowger-michael-j-sonex) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Jabiru 3300L (registry code 34811, https://openairdocs.org/engine/jabiru-3300l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: COWGER MICHAEL J SONEX
- Reported engine: JABIRU 3300L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 207 total, 4 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160608006089I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT LANDED SHORT AND COLLAPSED THE NOSE GEAR.

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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