Been There, Done That...

The factory tells us that this homebuilt bird (registered to Mike Seavall of Bend, OR), completed without the current factory's assistance is operating sans a new landing gear design. As long-time ANN readers may remember, the original prototype (file pix shown) had its share of gear problems, as well, and a factory demo ship was lost a few months ago while figuring out other gear problems prior to going down short of the runway. The factory claims that a newer gear design is more reliable.

** Report created 6/20/2003   Record 8 **

IDENTIFICATION
  Regis#: 411KT    Make/Model: EXP   Description: EXP-JET MAVERICK 1500
  Date: 06/19/2003     Time: 1857
  Event Type: Incident   Highest Injury: None     Mid Air: N    Missing: N
  Damage: Minor

LOCATION
  City: REDMOND   State: OR   Country: US

DESCRIPTION
AIRCRAFT ADVISED REDMOND TOWER HE HAD A BAD NOSE GEAR INDICATION. DID A FLYBY, AND THE TOWER CONFIRMED NEGATIVE NOSE GEAR. THE PILOT RECYCLED THE GEAR WITHOUT SUCCESS, THEN LANDED WITH THE NOSE GEAR RETRACTED. REDMOND, OR

INJURY DATA      Total Fatal:   0
                 # Crew:   1     Fat:   0     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:   
                 # Pass:   0     Fat:   0     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:   
                 # Grnd:         Fat:   0     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:   

WEATHER: METAR KRDM 191856Z 35009KT 10SM CLR 20/04 A2978

OTHER DATA
  Activity: Pleasure      Phase: Landing   Operation: General Aviation
  Departed: (RDM) REDMOND, OR   Dep Date: 06/19/2003   Dep. Time:
  Destination: (RDM) REDMOND, OR(RD     Flt Plan: UNK    Wx Briefing: U
  Last Radio Cont: CONT RADIO CONTACT  Last Clearance: CLEARED TO LAND
  FAA FSDO: PORTLAND, OR  (NM09)  Entry date: 06/20/2003

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