# Incident 20250423010689I: Cozy MARK IV, San Gabriel, CA, April 23, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 23, 2025, 15:45 local time
- Place: San Gabriel, CA
- Airport: San Gabriel Valley
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0860° N, 118.0348° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAN GABRIEL VALLEY (EMT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0860&lon=-118.0348&mi=10
- Aircraft: N977DJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N977DJ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Michel Laroche COZY MK IV (registry code 056416W, https://openairdocs.org/model/michel-laroche-cozy-mk-iv) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-B2B (registry code 41911, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-b2b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: COZY MARK IV
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-B2B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 165 total, 56 in this make and model, 48 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250423010689I

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 23, 2025, AT APPROXIMATELY 1545 A SINGLE-ENGINE, TWO-SEAT COZY AIRCRAFT, ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT, ORIGINATING FROM SAN GABRIEL VALLEY AIRPORT (EMT), LANDED AT EMT ON RUNWAY 19 WITH THE NOSE LANDING GEAR NOT DEPLOYED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THE PILOT DID NOT DECLARE ANY EMERGENCY PRIOR TO LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT SLID ON ITS NOSE TO A STOP ON RUNWAY 19. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE THIS EVENT WAS DEEMED AN INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N977DJ (1)

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

- [Incident 20240815011149I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240815011149I), Aug 15, 2024: Michel Laroche COZY MK IV (N977DJ), Lancaster, CA, Minor damage. On 8/15/24 [privacy data omitted] flew [privacy data omitted] to wjf with one passenger, a pilot who's familiar with the cozy experimental aircraft, who's been…

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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