# Accident 20070911019519A: Amtr LANCAIRIVP, Alabaster, AL, September 11, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 11, 2007, 09:45 local time
- Place: Alabaster, AL
- Airport: Shelby County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1769° N, 86.7828° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1769&lon=-86.7828&mi=10
- Aircraft: N335DF (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR LANCAIRIVP
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 400 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC07CA222](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07CA222) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070911019519A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT LANDING SEQUENCE WAS NORMAL WITH VMC CONDITIONS AND 4 KNOTS VARIABLE WINDS. ON SHORT FINAL AT 90 KNOTS, PILOT ADDED A LITTLE POWER. AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND ABOUT 8 FEET SHORT OF RUNWAY, COLLAPSING NOSE STRUT AND MAIN GEAR. RIGHT MAIN GEAR WHEEL SHEARED OFF AND DEPARTED AIRCRAFT AND AIRCRAFT HAD NO BRAKES. AIRCRAFT SKIDDED DOWN RUNWAY WITH MINIMUM DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. AS THE AIRCRAFT SLOWED, RUDDER INPUT WAS INEFFECTIVE AND AIRCRAFT SLID OFF RUNWAY INTO THE TREE LINE.

## 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 NYC07CA222](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07CA222), Sep 11, 2007: Lancair IV-P (N335DF), Alabaster, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to attain the proper touchdown point.

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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