# Incident 20241128018439I: Gallup Lynn Winfield VELOCITY 173RG, Battle Creek, MI, November 28, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 28, 2024, 08:20 local time
- Place: Battle Creek, MI
- Airport: Wk Kellog Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.3212° N, 85.1797° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Battle Creek, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3212&lon=-85.1797&mi=10
- Aircraft: N45PB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N45PB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gallup Lynn Winfield VELOCITY 173RG (registry code 05611VN, https://openairdocs.org/model/gallup-lynn-winfield-velocity-173rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GALLUP LYNN WINFIELD VELOCITY 173RG
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 450 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241128018439I

## Narrative

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

ON NOVEMBER 28, 2024, AT 0830 LOCAL TIME, AN EXPERIMENTAL GALLUP LYNN WINFIELD, 173/RG-XL ELITE AIRCRAFT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^FLOWN BY A PRIVATE PILOT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE FOLLOWING A NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE DURING LANDING ON RUNWAY 31, WK KELLOG AIRPORT (BTL, BATTLE CREEK, MICHIGAN. THE FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR) PART 91 WITHOUT A FLIGHT PLAN. THE PILOT SUSTAINED NO INJURIES.

ACCORDING TO THE PILOT HE WAS PRACTICING TOUCH-AND-GOES, AND ON THE THIRD LANDING THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY SURFACE. THERE WERE NO MECHANICAL ANOMALIES NOTICED PRIOR TO THE GEAR COLLAPSE. ADDITIONALLY, THE PILOT DID STATE THE GEAR CAME DOWN NORMALLY AND GEAR INDICATION SHOWED GREEN (DOWN AND LOCKED) PRIOR TO LANDING. FOLLOWING THE INCIDENT, EMERGENCY CREWS ARRIVED AND TOWED THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO THE OWNERS HANGAR.

PHOTOGRAPHS SHOW ONLY MINOR PAINT DAMAGE TO THE LOWER ENGINE COWL AND GEAR DOORS. PROPELLER SHOWED DAMAGE CONSISTENT WITH A PROP STRIKE.

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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