# Incident 20200318005899I: Thompson James L T360, Camarillo, CA, March 18, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 18, 2020, 11:36 local time
- Place: Camarillo, CA
- Airport: Camarillo
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2138° N, 119.0944° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CAMARILLO (CMA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2138&lon=-119.0944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N948JT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N948JT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Thompson James L T360 (registry code 05610I5, https://openairdocs.org/model/thompson-james-l-t360) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: THOMPSON JAMES L T360
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 697 total, 607 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/20200318005899I

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 18, 2020, AT 1136 PDT, N948JT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON RUNWAY 26 AT CAMARILLO AIRPORT, CAMARILLO, CA, AND SUSTAINED A NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE ON LANDING ROLLOUT. N948JT IS AN EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT, OPERATING AMATEUR BUILT AIRCRAFT. AIRCRAFT PILOT HOLDS AN AIRCRAFT BUILDER INSPECTION CERTIFICATE FOR INCIDENT AIRCRAFT.

INCIDENT PILOT REPORTS DURING THE INCIDENT FLIGHT, AT APPROXIMATELY 3,500 FT, OVER SIMI VALLEY, CA, HIS GARMIN GTN 750 FLICKERED. PILOT COMMUNICATED WITH CMA AND WAS INSTRUCTED TO REPORT AT 4 MI.

PILOT THEN EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF COMMUNICATIONS, AND THE EQUIPMENT WENT BLANK (EXCEPT FOR BACKUP EFIS). PILOT THEN EXPERIENCED ENGINE FAILURE. WHILE ?LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO LAND, TRYING DIFFERENT REMEDIES,? THE PILOT STATED THE ENGINE RESTARTS, FAILS, AND RESTARTS AGAIN.

PILOT THEN APPLIED FLAPS, AND PUT LANDING GEAR DOWN. PILOT RECEIVED ?NO NOSE GEAR? INDICATION. PILOT THEN RECYCLED THE LANDING GEAR, AND AGAIN RECEIVED THE NO NOSE GEAR INDICATION.

PILOT OVERFLEW THE RUNWAY, HAVING NO RADIOS, AND WAGGED WINGS FOR THE TOWER. PILOT ENTERED LEFT DOWNWIND, AND TRIED ?EMERGENCY GEAR DROP? WITH A NO GEAR INDICATION. PILOT OPTED TO LAND, GIVEN THE PRIOR ENGINE FAILURES.

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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