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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr LANCAIR 320 · New Hudson, MI · July 14, 2002

Date: July 14, 2002 · 14:30 local
Place: New Hudson, MI
Airport: New Hudson Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N31161
Reported as: Amtr LANCAIR320
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,200 total600 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

N31161Registered now · Upgrove Kevin J LANCAIR 320S/N 585-320-332FB · Built 1992 Airframe modelUpgrove Kevin J LANCAIR 320 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) According to the pilot of the aircraft he was coming in too fast for a good landing. The aircraft hit the runway hard and became airborne. The pilot then tried to recover the aircraft and landed it a second time without performing a go-around maneuver. The aircraft throttle was pulled back and the airspeed depleted rapidly. The pilot noticed the aircraft becoming hard to control, when the right main tire hit the ground, then the nose tire hit, with the prop struck the tarmac a number of times, and finally the left main touched down. The aircraft came to a stop on the runway.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ACCORDING TO THE PILOT OF THE AIRCRAFT HE WAS COMING IN TOO FAST FOR A GOOD LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT HIT THE RUNWAY HARD AND BECAME AIRBORNE. THE PILOT THEN TRIED TO RECOVER THE AIRCRAFT AND LANDED IT A SECOND TIME WITHOUT PERFORMING A GO-AROUND MANEUVER. THE AIRCRAFT THROTTLE WAS PULLED BACK AND THE AIRSPEED DEPLETED RAPIDLY. THE PILOT NOTICED THE AIRCRAFT BECOMING HARD TO CONTROL, WHEN THE RIGHT MAIN TIRE HIT THE GROUND, THEN THE NOSE TIRE HIT, WITH THE PROP STRUCK THE TARMAC A NUMBER OF TIMES, AND FINALLY THE LEFT MAIN TOUCHED DOWN. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY.

Other reports on N31161 · 2

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

Incident 19991105038619ILevel Off Touchdown · Pontiac, MIPilot attempting yo land, hit hard, bounced twice, decided to go around raised landing gear to make a go around. When attempted to lower landing gear to land. Nose gear was struck in up position and would not come down, tried different maneuvers in an attempt…Nov 5, 1999 · Minor damage Incident 19981025030199IFcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise · Pontiac, MI(-5)On approach into Pontiac airport, pilot selected gear down on aircraft N31161. The gear didn't come down. The pilot recycled the gear a total of three times with the same results. The pilot dropped the landing gear manually. He flew by ATC to verify gear…Oct 25, 1998 · Minor damage