# Incident 20200307001479I: Dierksen Alan R LONG-EZ, Prescott, AZ, March 7, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 7, 2020, 12:15 local time
- Place: Prescott, AZ
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5400° N, 112.4685° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Prescott, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5400&lon=-112.4685&mi=10
- Aircraft: N974EZ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N974EZ-2026-04-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dierksen Alan R LONG-EZ (registry code 056097P, https://openairdocs.org/model/dierksen-alan-r-long-ez) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-320-E2D (registry code 42123, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-320-e2d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DIERKSEN ALAN R LONG-EZ
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-320-E2D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200307001479I

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED THAT THE NOSE WHEEL SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF.  AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH GEAR DOWN AT PRC.  DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT WAS LIMITED TO THE TIP OF THE FIBERGLASS NOSE STRUT BEING GROUND DOWN.  INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE CURRENT OWNER OF THE AIRCRAFT HAD MODIFIED THE MOUNTING OF THE NOSE WHEEL ASSEMBLY WITH AN ALUMINUM SKID WHICH HAD BOWED ALLOWING THE ATTACHMENT TO LOOSEN.

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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