# Incident 20000413022359I: Amtr LANCAIR235, Minneapolis, MN, April 13, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 13, 2000, 08:13 local time
- Place: Minneapolis, MN
- Airport: Crystal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Missed Approach IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.0625° N, 93.3540° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CRYSTAL (MIC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.0625&lon=-93.3540&mi=10
- Aircraft: N235RC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N235RC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Creed Raymond Frank LANCAIR 235 (registry code 056164X, https://openairdocs.org/model/creed-raymond-frank-lancair-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR LANCAIR235
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 244 total, 22 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000413022359I

## Narrative

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

(-23)PILOT EXPERIENCED ELECTRICAL PROBLEM ON APPROACH TO CRYSTAL AIRPORT. UPON LANDING THE LEFT MAIN TIRE BLEW OUT DUE TO BRAKING ACTION.  FLAT TIRE CAUSE AIRCRAFT TO VEER OFF LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY.  ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN BUT ONE BLADE OF THE PROPELLER STRUCK A TAXI LIGHT.  ONE BLADE OF PROPELLER WAS DESTROYED AS WELL AS THE TAXI LIGHT.  ON GOING INVESTIGATION AS TO A CAUSE OF THE ELECTRICA PROBLEM.  NO PROBLEMS NOTED WITH POWER UP...ENGINE CANNOT BE RAN UNTIL NEW PROPELLER IS INSTALLED.  THIS DATA WILL BE UPDATE AS ADDED INFORMATION IS OBTAINED.

## Other reports on N235RC (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20090502008379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090502008379I), May 2, 2009: Amtr LANCAIR (N235RC), Minneapolis, MN, No damage. (-23) Pilot report no braking upon landing at Crystal Airport (kmic), MN. Aircraft rolled through departure end of runway 32R and struck two runway lights.
- [Incident 20061220030059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061220030059I), Dec 20, 2006: Amtr LANCAIR235 (N235RC), Minneapolis, MN, Minor damage. (-23) Aircraft N235RC landed at Crystal Airport (mic) runway 32R with the landing gear retracted. From point of propeller contact with runway to fuselage…
- [Accident 20000704036819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000704036819A), Jul 4, 2000: Amtr LANCAIR235 (N235RC), Hot Springs, SD, No damage. (-23) The pilot/owner of a 1990 homebuilt Lancair 235 and his brother/passenger planned to take off from runway 19 at the Hot Springs, south dakota airport.…

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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