# Incident 20040410005799I: Amtr LANCAIRIVP, Las Vegas, NV, April 10, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 10, 2004, 11:35 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: North Las Vegas Air Terminal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1750° N, 115.1372° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Las Vegas, NV, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1750&lon=-115.1372&mi=10
- Aircraft: N750DL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N750DL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Link David L LANCAIR IVP (registry code 0561037, https://openairdocs.org/model/link-david-l-lancair-ivp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Walter M601 series (registry code 64002, https://openairdocs.org/engine/walter-m601-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR LANCAIRIVP
- Reported engine: WALTER M601*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 21,000 total, 48 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040410005799I

## Narrative

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

(-23) LANDING ON RWY 12R AT NORTH LAS VEGAS, NV AIRPORT (VGT), A/C NOSE WHEEL ASSY BROKE OFF STRUT ASSY AND A/C SLID DOWN RWY COMING TO REST ON NOSE STRUT AND PROPELLER. A/C PROPELLER, ENGINE AND ENGINE COWLING AND NOSE LANDING GEAR ASSY DAMAGED. PILOT STATED HE INCREASED LANDING/TOUCHDOWN SPEEDS BY 15-20 KTS DUE TO VARIABLE WINDS GUSTING 12-17 KTS AS REPORTED BY TOWER. A/C BALLOONED AFTER INITIAL TOUCHDOWN AND ON SUBSEQUENT TOUCHDOWN PILOT STATED NOSE FELL THRU AND THE PROPELLER BEGAN CONTACTING RWY. PILOT AND PASSENGER EXITED AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES. VISUAL INSPECTION OF NOSE STRUT ASSY INDICATES STRUT SHEARED/SEPARATED APPROX. 1-2 INCHES ABOVE NOSE GEAR FORK ASSY ATTACH POINT. SHEAR LOADS APPEAR TO EXHIBIT A FRONT TO BACK/DOWN AND BACK SHEAR FORCE INDICATING AIRCRAFT NOSE TIRE MADE FIRST CONTACT WITH RWY. (WHEELBARROW 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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