# Incident 20160619013549I: Licio Merlo COZY MARK IV, Santa Fe, NM, June 19, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 19, 2016, 14:20 local time
- Place: Santa Fe, NM
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6870° N, 105.9378° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Fe, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6870&lon=-105.9378&mi=10
- Aircraft: N929ZW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N929ZW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Licio Merlo COZY MARK IV (registry code 05634MX, https://openairdocs.org/model/licio-merlo-cozy-mark-iv) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360-A1D (registry code 42250, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-a1d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LICIO MERLO COZY MARK IV
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 110 total, 60 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160619013549I

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 19, 2016, AT 1420 MDT, N929ZW, A LICIO MERLO, MODEL ? COZY MARK IV, SINGLE ENGINE EXPERIMENTAL, AMATEUR BUILT AIRPLANE, REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 33 AT SANTA FE, NM AIRPORT (SAF). THE PILOT SELECTED THE LANDING GEAR DOWN SWITCH BEFORE ENTERING FINAL APPROACH. THE PILOT HAD A VISUAL ON THE NOSE LANDING GEAR AND VERIFIED THAT THE GEAR WAS IN TRANSIT DOWNWARD. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON THE MAIN LANDING GEAR WHEELS AND TRANSITIONED TO THE NOSE GEAR WHEEL. THE AIRCRAFT DIPPED LOWER THAN NORMAL AND A GRINDING/SKIDDING SOUND WAS HEARD FROM THE FRONT OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED 2396 FEET ON THE RUNWAY WHILE RESTING ON THE FORWARD FIBERGLASS SUPPORT. THE NOSE WHEEL WAS LODGED IN THE FORWARD WHEEL WELL. THERE WAS MINIMAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN LAMAR, COLORADO (LAA) AT APPROXIMATELY 12:00 MDT.

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