What happened
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On July 12, 1998, approximately 1020 mountain daylight time, a peebles/lancair 360 LC-20, N360P, was substantially damaged during a hard landing at Carbon County Airport, Price, Utah. The commercial pilot and his passenger were not injured. The airplane was being operated by the pilot under title 14 CFR part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the local flight which originated aproximately 20 minutes before the accident. No flight plan had been filed. Acording to the pilot, while flying the approach to a landing, "the descent rate got to (SIC) high and I failed to arrest it with power in time." The airplane impacted the runway and the right main gear "snapped off". The pilot reported that he was able to keep the airplane on the runway for approximately 1,500 feet before it ground looped. Subsequently, the fuselage, lower cowling, and right flap were damaged. (-23) according to the pilot's statement, he did not have enough engine power on final approach, experienced a high rate of descent on very short final approach and then could not arrest that rate of descent enough to prevent a high impact landing. Upon landing, the right main wheel assembly separat ed from the airplane. This caused a loss of directional control that resulted in the aircraft exiting the hard surfaced runway and come to rest on the unpaved area adjacent to the runway. The bottom of the right wing, empennage and fuselage were damaged as well.
As the FAA filed it
ON JULY 12, 1998, APPROXIMATELY 1020 MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME, A PEEBLES/LANCAIR 360 LC-20, N360P, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING A HARD LANDING AT CARBON COUNTY AIRPORT, PRICE, UTAH. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE AIRPLANE WAS BEING OPERATED BY THE PILOT UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 91. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE LOCAL FLIGHT WHICH ORIGINATED APROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. ACORDING TO THE PILOT, WHILE FLYING THE APPROACH TO A LANDING, "THE DESCENT RATE GOT TO (SIC) HIGH AND I FAILED TO ARREST IT WITH POWER IN TIME." THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED THE RUNWAY AND THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR "SNAPPED OFF". THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE WAS ABLE TO KEEP THE AIRPLANE ON THE RUNWAY FOR APPROXIMATELY 1,500 FEET BEFORE IT GROUND LOOPED. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE FUSELAGE, LOWER COWLING, AND RIGHT FLAP WERE DAMAGED. (-23) ACCORDING TO THE PILOT'S STATEMENT, HE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH ENGINE POWER ON FINAL APPROACH, EXPERIENCED A HIGH RATE OF DESCENT ON VERY SHORT FINAL APPROACH AND THEN COULD NOT ARREST THAT RATE OF DESCENT ENOUGH TO PREVENT A HIGH IMPACT LANDING. UPON LANDING, THE RIGHT MAIN WHEEL ASSEMBLY SEPARAT ED FROM THE AIRPLANE. THIS CAUSED A LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL THAT RESULTED IN THE AIRCRAFT EXITING THE HARD SURFACED RUNWAY AND COME TO REST ON THE UNPAVED AREA ADJACENT TO THE RUNWAY. THE BOTTOM OF THE RIGHT WING, EMPENNAGE AND FUSELAGE WERE DAMAGED AS WELL.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.