# Incident 20061220030059I: Amtr LANCAIR235, Minneapolis, MN, December 20, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 20, 2006, 13:03 local time
- Place: Minneapolis, MN
- Airport: Crystal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.0625° N, 93.3540° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CRYSTAL (MIC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.0625&lon=-93.3540&mi=10
- Aircraft: N235RC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N235RC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Creed Raymond Frank LANCAIR 235 (registry code 056164X, https://openairdocs.org/model/creed-raymond-frank-lancair-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR LANCAIR235
- Reported engine: LYC O320D2B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,308 total, 330 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061220030059I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT N235RC LANDED AT CRYSTAL AIRPORT (MIC) RUNWAY 32R WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED. FROM POINT OF PROPELLER CONTACT WITH RUNWAY TO FUSELAGE CONTACT WITH RUNWAY WAS APPROX. 300 FT. FROM POINT OF FUSELAGE CONTACT TO WHERE AIRCRAFT STOOPPED SKIDDING WAS APPROX. 790 FT. AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN APPROX. 6 FT. LEFT OF CENTERLINE AND RESTED APPROX. 24 FT. LEFT OF CENTERLINE. DAMAGE IS CONSIDERED MINOR ISOLATED TO PROPELLER, LOWER PORTION OF ENGINE COWLING, LOWER SURFACE OF FUSELAGE, AND INBOARD SECTION OF FLAPS LEFT AND RIGHT TRAILING EDGES. AIRCRAFT WAS LIFTED WITH A SLING AND CRANE AND THE LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED BY USE OF NORMAL COCKPIT CONTROLS. IT WAS THEN TOWED OFF THE RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N235RC (3)

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

- [Incident 20090502008379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090502008379I), May 2, 2009: Amtr LANCAIR (N235RC), Minneapolis, MN, No damage. (-23) Pilot report no braking upon landing at Crystal Airport (kmic), MN. Aircraft rolled through departure end of runway 32R and struck two runway lights.
- [Accident 20000704036819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000704036819A), Jul 4, 2000: Amtr LANCAIR235 (N235RC), Hot Springs, SD, No damage. (-23) The pilot/owner of a 1990 homebuilt Lancair 235 and his brother/passenger planned to take off from runway 19 at the Hot Springs, south dakota airport.…
- [Incident 20000413022359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000413022359I), Apr 13, 2000: Amtr LANCAIR235 (N235RC), Minneapolis, MN, Minor damage. (-23)Pilot experienced electrical problem on approach to Crystal Airport. Upon landing the left main tire blew out due to braking action. Flat tire cause…

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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