# Incident 19960316011799I: Nancng CJ6A, Leadville, CO, March 16, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 1996, 14:30 local time
- Place: Leadville, CO
- Airport: Lake County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2195° N, 106.3164° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKE COUNTY (LXV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2195&lon=-106.3164&mi=10
- Aircraft: N92401 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: NANCNG CJ6A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 838 total, 35 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960316011799I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON MARCH 16, 1996 AT 1430 HOURS, MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME, A YAK CJ-6A, PILOTED BY R. LEE HARMON, CAMANO ISLAND, WASHINGTON, LANDED AT LEADVILLE, COLORADO AIRPORT WITH LANDING GEAR RETRACTED. THE PILOT REPORTED BEING DISTRACTED BY AN ARMY CHINOOK HELICOPTER. UPON TURNING BASE LEG TO FINAL THE PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO MAINTAIN SEPARATION FROM THE HELICOPTER. AT THIS TIME HE WOULD HAVE NORMALLY PERFORMED THE BEFORE LANDING CHECKLIST (GUMP-C) IN WHICH ASSURING AIRCRAFT SEPARATION. THE PILOT CONTINUED THE APPROACH THROUGH BASE AND FINAL, RECITING BUT NOT CHECKING (GUMP-C) BEFORE TOUCHDOWN, ON AIRSPEED, ON CENTERLINE, AT THE NUMBERS WITH LANDING GEAR RETRACTED. THERE WAS MINIMAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. NO SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE PILOT.

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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