# Incident 20190306000959I: Holmes Gary Don RUTAN LONG-EZ, Phoenix, AZ, March 6, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 6, 2019, 12:47 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4484° N, 112.0740° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Phoenix, AZ, within about 13 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4484&lon=-112.0740&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56EZ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: HOLMES GARY DON RUTAN LONG-EZ
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-320
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 31,130 total, 45 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190306000959I

## Narrative

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

THE AIRMAN WAS IN THE DOWNWIND LEG AT DVT WITH INTENTIONS TO LAND AND BEGAN EXTENDING THE LANDING GEAR.  THE CONTROL TOWER ADVISED THE AIRMAN TO EXTEND HIS DOWNWIND.  THE AIRMAN STOPPED HIS GEAR EXTENSION.  ON FINAL APPROACH, THE AIRMAN DID NOT NOTICE THE GEAR DOWN INDICATION WAS NOT ILLUMINATED AND UPON TOUCHDOWN, THE PARTIALLY EXTENDED NOSE GEAR RETRACTED AND THE AIRCRAFT NOSE CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY.

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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