# Incident 20231209017789I: Jeffrey P Schuster VELOCITY XLRG, Pao, CA, December 9, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 9, 2023, 11:45 local time
- Place: Pao, CA
- Airport: Palo Alto
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.4611° N, 122.1150° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PALO ALTO (PAO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.4611&lon=-122.1150&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7779X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7779X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Jeffrey P Schuster VELOCITY XLRG (registry code 05633M6, https://openairdocs.org/model/jeffrey-p-schuster-velocity-xlrg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550-N (registry code 17215, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: JEFFREY P SCHUSTER VELOCITY XLRG
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550-N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231209017789I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^TAKES OFF AND LANDING GEAR IS SELECTED TO UP.

MLG RETRACTS TO THE UP AND LOCKED POSITION.

NLG STAYS IN THE UNLOCKED POSITION REFLECTED BY THE UNSAFE INDICATION IN THE COCKPIT.

PILOT SELECTS THE DOWN POSITION THE MLG COMES DOWN AND THERE IS NO CHANGE WITH THE NOSE GEAR.

THE NOSE LANDING GEAR IS UNRESPONSIVE*

PILOT ASKS FOR VISUAL FROM TOWER AND IT SEEM THAT THE GEAR IS DOWN. STILL NO DOWN A LOCKED INDICATION.

PILOT TOUCHES DOWN AND THE NOSE GEAR SLOWLY RETRACTS UNTIL THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT MAKES CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY.

UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION IT WAS FOUND THAT NO MAJOR DAMAGE OCCURED TO THE AIRCRAFT AND WAS CONSIDERED A MINOR EVENT BY THE NTSB.

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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