# Accident 20000924008279A: Amtr LANCAIR360, Kernville, CA, September 24, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 24, 2000, 08:30 local time
- Place: Kernville, CA
- Airport: Kern Valley Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.7291° N, 118.3909° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7291&lon=-118.3909&mi=10
- Aircraft: N360HW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N360HW-2001-02-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Woodruff Harold S LANCAIR 360 (registry code 05625HZ, https://openairdocs.org/model/woodruff-harold-s-lancair-360) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR LANCAIR360
- Reported engine: CONT IO360*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,767 total, 209 in this make and model, 39 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX00LA349](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00LA349) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000924008279A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 09-24-2000, MR. HAROLD WOODRUFF, A PRIVATE PILOT, FLYING AS PILOT IN COMMAND OF HIS LANCAIR 360, N360HW, DEPARTED CHINO, CA, FOR THE KERN VALLEY AIRPORT (L05), KERNVILLE, CA, WITH ONE PASSENGER ABOARD, MR. JAMES WOLF. AT APPROXIMATELY 0830 HOUR PDT, MR. WOODRUFF WAS EXECUTING A LANDING AT L05 ON RUNWAY 35.  WHILE LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT DROPPED TO THE RUNWAY ABRUPTLY, BOUNCED OFF TOWARD THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY WITH THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR STRIKING A ROCK AND BEING TORN FROM THE AIRCRAFT.  THE PROPELLER WAS BENT, THE ENGINE SUFFERED SUDDEN STOPPAGE WITH NOSE COLWING DAMAGE AND THE WINGS WERE SEVERELY DAMAGED AND A HOLE WAS OPENED IN THE BOTTOM OF THE FUSELAGE.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES AS A RESULT OF THIS ACCIDENT.              (.4) ON SEPTEMBER 24, 2000, ABOUT 0830 HOURS PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME, AN AMATEUR-BUILT EXPERIMENTAL WOODRUFF LANCAIR 360, N360HW, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING A HARD LANDING AT KERN VALLEY AIRPORT, KERNVILLE, CALIFORNIA. THE PRIVATE PILOT/OWNER WAS OPERATING THE AIRPLANE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91. THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE PERSONAL FLIGHT DEPARTED CHINO, CALIFORNIA, ABOUT 0745. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDI TIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. THE PILOT STATED HE WAS ON FINAL FOR RUNWAY 35 AND MAINTAINING 85 KNOTS AS HE INITIATED HIS FLARE. DURING THE FLARE, HE ENCOUNTERED WIND SHEAR AND THE AIRPLANE DROPPED FROM ABOUT 5 FEET. THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED AND VEERED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUCK SOME LARGE ROCKS AND SEPARATED FROM THE AIRPLANE. THE PILOT SAID A BIG UPSLOPE WAS NEAR THE RUNWAY. HE ESTIMATED THE WINDS TO BE FROM 010 DEGREES AT 10 KNOTS.

## 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 LAX00LA349](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00LA349), Sep 24, 2000: Woodruff Lancair 360 (N360HW), Kernville, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot failed to maintain an adequate airspeed margin, resulting in a stall/mush and hard landing, and failed to maintain directional control and the left main landing gear separated when it…

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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