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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Hartman R L/Hayes E B RUTAN LONG-EZ · Cedar Rapids, IA · February 23, 2020

Date
February 23, 2020 · 17:30 local
Place
Cedar Rapids, IA
Airport
Eastern Iowa
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N812SP
Reported as
Hartman R L/Hayes E B Rutan LONG-EZ
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-235 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
300 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot stated that he was returning to cid after a trip to clinton, IA. He did not go mentally through his landing checklist because he had other things on his mind. He simply forgot to lower the nose landing gear

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS RETURNING TO CID AFTER A TRIP TO CLINTON, IA. HE DID NOT GO MENTALLY THROUGH HIS LANDING CHECKLIST BECAUSE HE HAD OTHER THINGS ON HIS MIND. HE SIMPLY FORGOT TO LOWER THE NOSE LANDING GEAR

Other reports on N812SP · 2

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