# Accident 20030726030149A: Amtr LANCAIR235, Page, AZ, July 26, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 26, 2003, 14:00 local time
- Place: Page, AZ
- Airport: Page Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.9222° N, 111.4483° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9222&lon=-111.4483&mi=10
- Aircraft: N235WC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N235WC-2011-11-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Conkey D R / Wapelhorst J A LANCAIR 235 (registry code 056184V, https://openairdocs.org/model/conkey-d-r-wapelhorst-j-a-lancair-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR LANCAIR235
- Reported engine: LYC IO320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 720 total, 450 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX03CA257](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03CA257) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030726030149A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT STATES: HE APPROACHED THE AIRPORT TOO CLOSE ON THE DOWNWIND FOR LANDING AND FROM A HIGHER THAN NORMAL ALTITUDE AND AIRSPEED. THE AIRCRAFT HIT THE RUNWAY AND BOUNCED AN ESTIMATED 8' OR 9'. ON THE SECOND TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRCRAFT'S NOSE WHEEL HIT THE RUNWAY COLLAPSING THE NOSE GEAR. AN ENGINE FUEL LINE WAS THEN RUPTURED AND A FIRE STARTED, BURNING THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE DID NOT PROPERLY PLAN FOR THE EFFECT THAT THE DENSITY ALTITUDE WOULD HAVE ON THE LANDING.

## 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 LAX03CA257](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03CA257), Jul 26, 2003: Lancair 235 (N235WC), Page, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's misjudged landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing and his improper recovery from a bounced landing. Inadvertent entry into a porpoise pilot-induced oscillation, and high density…

## Other reports on N235WC (3)

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

- [Incident 19981222044739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981222044739I), Dec 22, 1998: Amtr LANCAIR (N235WC), Camarillo, CA. Upon landing aircraft suffered rapid deflation of nose tire. Airport operations halted 35 minutes for extraction. Aircraft relocated to hanger for replacement…
- [Accident 19960720019159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960720019159A), Jul 20, 1996: Amtr LANCAIR (N235WC), Cottage Grove, OR, Substantial damage. Left main gear collapsed on takeoff roll. Aborted. Slid off runway. Cause collapsed unknown.
- [Incident 19930726031759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930726031759I), Jul 26, 1993: Amtrnc 235LANCAIR (N235WC), Prescott, AZ, Minor damage. Lost directional control on takeoff roll. Veered off runway. Left main gear attachment bolt failed.

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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