# Incident 20211203020239I: Dustin Smith COZY MARK IV, Ogden, UT, December 3, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 3, 2021, 12:06 local time
- Place: Ogden, UT
- Airport: Ogden-Hinckley
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1951° N, 112.0122° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OGDEN-HINCKLEY (OGD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1951&lon=-112.0122&mi=10
- Aircraft: N540DA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N540DA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dustin Smith COZY MARK IV (registry code 05639H0, https://openairdocs.org/model/dustin-smith-cozy-mark-iv) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540-C4B5 (registry code 41651, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-c4b5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DUSTIN SMITH COZY MARK IV
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540-C4B5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 100 total, 25 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211203020239I

## Narrative

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

THE LOCAL PERSONAL FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN OGDEN, UTAH (OGD). THE PILOT STATED THAT PRIOR TO LANDING HE FORGOT TO EXTEND THE NOSE LANDING GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT HAS TWO FIXED MAIN GEAR AND AN EXTENDABLE NOSE GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT NOSE IMPACTED THE RUNWAY CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE NOSE.

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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