# Incident 20190217011029I: Clayton Neil K COZY MARK IV, Sanford, FL, February 17, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 17, 2019, 16:55 local time
- Place: Sanford, FL
- Airport: Orlando Sanford International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.7772° N, 81.2349° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ORLANDO SANFORD INTL (SFB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.7772&lon=-81.2349&mi=10
- Aircraft: N493GC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N493GC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Clayton Neil K COZY MARK IV (registry code 05622U3, https://openairdocs.org/model/clayton-neil-k-cozy-mark-iv) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360 series (registry code 41881, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CLAYTON NEIL K COZY MARK IV
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 350 total, 270 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190217011029I

## Narrative

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

ON 2/17/2019 AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT EVENT AT SANFORD AIRPORT FLORIDA.  ON THE ROLL OUT THE PILOT FELT THE NOSEGEAR RETRACT INTO THE FUSELAGE.  THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TO A STOP ON ITS NOSE WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.  DUE TO THE LOCATION OF THE PROPELLAR ON THE REAR OF THE AIRCRAFT AND FORWARD CENTER OF GRAVITY, ONLY DAMAGE TO THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT.

PILOT PLANS ON REPLACING THE NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR AND REINFORCING THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT.  AGE OF THE NOSE ACTUATOR IS UNKNOWN.

PTRS FOR 1712 SO15 201910129.

## Other reports on N493GC (1)

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

- [Incident 20100709039879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100709039879I), Jul 9, 2010: Clayton Nei COZY MARK I (N493GC), Meridian, MS, Minor damage. Pilot stated he forgot to lower the gear before landing.

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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