# Incident 20061106030139I: Amtr LANCAIR4P, Lorain / Elyri, OH, November 6, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 6, 2006, 17:20 local time
- Place: Lorain / Elyri, OH
- Airport: Lorain County Reg Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4388° N, 82.1797° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lorain, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4388&lon=-82.1797&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6P (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR LANCAIR4P
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO550E
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,300 total, 16 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061106030139I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 25 AT LPR - LORAIN COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT, ELYRIA, OHIO. AFTER TOUCHING DOWN ON MAIN WHEELS WHEN NOSE WHEEL CONTACTED RUNWAY SURFACE, AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF TO RIGHT. PILOT TRIED TO CONTROL AIRCRAFT WITH RUDDER APPLICATION AND INCREASING LEFT BRAKE TO NO AVAIL (AS WITNESSED BY SKID MARKS ON RUNWAY FROM BOTH NOSE WHEEL AND LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR). AIRCRAFT WENT OFF RUNWAY TO THE RIGHT APPROXIMATELY 1/3 OF THE WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY FROM THE APPROACH END AND WENT INTO THE GRASS. NOSE GEAR DUG INTO GRASS, BENT REARWARD, AND COLLAPSED. LEFT MAIN COLLAPSED AND BENT REARWARD AFTER DIGGING INTO GRASS AND DIRT. ON EXAMINATION COLLAR ON NOSE WHEEL YOKE ALLOWED NOSE WHEEL TO ROTATE TO RIGHT AND MAY HAVE BEEN THE CAUSAL FACTOR IN THIS EVENT. HOME-KIT BUILT AIRCRAFT. NOSE STRUT COMPONENT PROVIDED TO OWNER-BUILDER AS COMPLETE COMPONENT-UNIT.

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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