# Incident 20230423003589I: Otterback Nicholas L LIGHTNING, Belen, NM, April 23, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 23, 2023, 10:39 local time
- Place: Belen, NM
- Airport: Belen Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.6459° N, 106.8363° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BELEN RGNL (BRG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6459&lon=-106.8363&mi=10
- Aircraft: N106AL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N106AL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Otterback Nicholas L LIGHTNING (registry code 05622US, https://openairdocs.org/model/otterback-nicholas-l-lightning) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Jabiru 3300 (registry code 34801, https://openairdocs.org/engine/jabiru-3300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: OTTERBACK NICHOLAS L LIGHTNING
- Reported engine: JABIRU 3300
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 4,200 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230423003589I

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 23, 2023, AT 1015 MST, AN OTTERBACK NICHOLAS L LIGHTNING, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^EXPERIENCED A NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE AT BELEN REGIONAL AIRPORT IN BELEN, NM, WHILE ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED MINOR DAMAGE, THE CERTIFICATED COMMERCIAL PILOT WAS NOT ENJURED, AND THE PASSENGER EXPERIENCED A MINOR INJURY. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT SANTA FE, NM, ON APRIL 23, 2023, AT ABOUT 0945 MST. THE INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THE NOSE LANDING GEAR LEG SNAPPED IN TWO ON LANDING.

## Other reports on N106AL (1)

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

- [Accident 20190501003749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190501003749A), May 1, 2019: Otterback Nicholas L LIGHTNING (N106AL), Woodland, WA, Substantial damage. At approximately 1030AM N106AL was making an approach into Woodland WA airport (W27). Engine quit on final and aircraft touched down without incident. While…

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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