# Accident 19980712016469A: Amtr LANCAIR360, Price, UT, July 12, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 1998, 10:20 local time
- Place: Price, UT
- Airport: Carbon County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5698° N, 110.8006° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5698&lon=-110.8006&mi=10
- Aircraft: N360P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N360P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Peebles Herbert L III LANCAIR 360 (registry code 05618CT, https://openairdocs.org/model/peebles-herbert-l-iii-lancair-360) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR LANCAIR360
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 470 total, 5 in this make and model, 76 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW98LA297](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA297) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980712016469A

## Narrative

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

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.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW98LA297](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA297), Jul 12, 1998: Peebles/Lancair 360 LC-20 (N360P), Price, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's excessive descent rate on final approach and his delayed use of power to arrest the excessive descent rate.

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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