20250615008369I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amendala Brian LONG EZ · Tumwater, WA · June 15, 2025

Date
June 15, 2025 · 11:18 local
Place
Tumwater, WA
Airport
Olympia Regional
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N666BA
Reported as
Amendala Brian Long EZ
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,400 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Nose landing gear collapsed shortly after landing at Olympia airport, WA. After aircraft was pulled off of runway, pilot noticed a bracket normally glued onto the nose landing gear broke which caused the nose gear to collapse. Minor damage sustained.

As the FAA filed it

NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED SHORTLY AFTER LANDING AT OLYMPIA AIRPORT, WA. AFTER AIRCRAFT WAS PULLED OFF OF RUNWAY, PILOT NOTICED A BRACKET NORMALLY GLUED ONTO THE NOSE LANDING GEAR BROKE WHICH CAUSED THE NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE. MINOR DAMAGE SUSTAINED.