# Incident 20031011030959I: Amtr LANCAIR320, Roanoke, VA, October 11, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 11, 2003, 19:00 local time
- Place: Roanoke, VA
- Airport: Roanoke Regional/Woodrum Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2710° N, 79.9414° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Roanoke, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2710&lon=-79.9414&mi=10
- Aircraft: N320PD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N320PD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Doran Peter DDS LANCAIR 320 (registry code 05616D2, https://openairdocs.org/model/doran-peter-dds-lancair-320) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR LANCAIR320
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 190 total, 6 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031011030959I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT REPORTED TO ATCT THAT HE MAY OF HAD A POSSIBLE ELECTRICAL PROBLEM WHILE FLYING IN THE PATTERN. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON RUNWAY 6, WHEN ATCT INFORMED HIM OF SPARKS COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT ABORTED LANDING AND WENT AROUND. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 6, APPROXIMATELY 1,200 FEET EAST OF APPROACH ENDING HIGH AND FAST, CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE AND DAMAGE THE PROPELLER AND LOWER FUSELAGE. THE ON-SCENE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT NO MAINTENANCE PROBLEMS WERE FOUND. TWO WITNESSES, BOTH MECHANICS FOR PIEDMONT AVIATION, STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT LEFT ROANOKE AIRPORT INITIALLY WITH RADIO PROBLEMS AND THAT THE PILOT CAME IN TOO HIGH AND FAST FOR A SAFE LANDING.

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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