# Incident 20160614010339I: Atwell Douglas J VM-1 ESQUAL, Los Lunas, NM, June 14, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 14, 2016, 10:30 local time
- Place: Los Lunas, NM
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.8013° N, 106.7925° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Los Lunas, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8013&lon=-106.7925&mi=10
- Aircraft: N117DA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N117DA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Atwell Douglas J VM-1 ESQUAL (registry code 05617FD, https://openairdocs.org/model/atwell-douglas-j-vm-1-esqual) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ATWELL DOUGLAS J VM-1 ESQUAL
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR J-3300
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 26,000 total, 60 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160614010339I

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 14, 2016, AT APPROXIMATELY 10:30 MDT, N117DA, AN ATWELL DOUGLAS J., MODEL-VM-1 ESQUAL, SINGLE ENGINE EXPERIMENTAL, AMATEUR BUILT AIRPLANE, REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS PRACTICING LANDINGS AT MIDVALLEY AIRPARK (E98) IN LOS LUNAS, NEW MEXICO. UPON LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED TWICE, LANDING ON THE NOSE WHEEL AND BENDING THE NOSE GEAR STRUT SUPPORT TUBE.THE PROPELLER DID NOT STRIKE THE RUNWAY. THERE WAS NO OTHER DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT LOS LUNAS, NM. ON JUNE 14, 2016.

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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