# Incident 20210924016899I: Wilson Forrest RUTAN DEFIANT, Falls Of Rough, KY, September 24, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 24, 2021, 11:50 local time
- Place: Falls Of Rough, KY
- Airport: Rough River State Park
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6098° N, 86.5072° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ROUGH RIVER STATE PARK (2I3), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6098&lon=-86.5072&mi=10
- Aircraft: N16FW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N16FW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Wilson Forrest RUTAN DEFIANT (registry code 056072N, https://openairdocs.org/model/wilson-forrest-rutan-defiant) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-360-A1D (registry code 41504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-a1d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WILSON FORREST RUTAN DEFIANT
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-360-A1D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 30,000 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210924016899I

## Narrative

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

ACCORDING TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, VIA TELEPHONE CONVERSATION, IS A RETIRED USAF PILOT.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.  HE CALLS OUT CHECKLISTS AND DID VERIFY GEAR DOWN VIA INDICATOR.  HE ALSO SAYS WITNESSES CONFIRMED NOSE GEAR DOWN, POST INCIDENT.  NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AT/AROUND 50 FEET INTO LANDING ROLL, ONTO RUNWAY.  SKIDDING WORKED INTO, THEN THROUGH, NOSE COWLING.  SKIDDING CONTINUED INTO CARBURETOR CAUSING SMALL FIRE, WHICH WAS QUICKLY EXTINGUISHED VIA HALON FIRE EXTINGUISHER.  FIVE BODIES, EACH SIDE OF NOSE, LIFTED AIRCRAFT, EXTENDED NOSE GEAR (WHICH OVEREXTENDED AND ?LOCKED? INTO A POSITION).  AIRCRAFT THEN MOVED TO RAMP.  NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N16FW (1)

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

- [Incident 20001003029099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001003029099I), Oct 3, 2000: Amtr RUTANDEFIANT (N16FW), Lawrenceville, GA, Minor damage. (-23)N16FW was returning from a local flight to lzu. During the approach the landing gear was selected down. The gear light indicated that the gear was down.…

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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