# Incident 20080816849549I: Warren LANCAIR320, Windsor Locks, CT, August 16, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 2008, 13:15 local time
- Place: Windsor Locks, CT
- Airport: Bradley International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9390° N, 72.6843° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BRADLEY INTL (BDL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9390&lon=-72.6843&mi=10
- Aircraft: N360J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N360J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Warren James E LANCAIR 320 (registry code 05602M4, https://openairdocs.org/model/warren-james-e-lancair-320) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WARREN LANCAIR320
- Reported engine: LYC IO360LYC*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,400 total, 590 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/20080816849549I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  N360J IS AN EXPERIMENTAL HOMEBUILT LANCAIR 320 AIRPLANE.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS THE PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) OF THIS AIRCRAFT ON A FLIGHT UNDER IFR FROM FREDERICK, MARYLAND (FDK) TO GREAT BARRINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS (GBR).  UPON LANDING IN GBR, THE PIC STATES HAVING A HARD LANDING AND SHEARING OFF THE LEFT MAIN GEAR.  THE PIC THEN REPROTS EXECUTING AN IMMEDIATE GO-AROUND. THE AIRCRAFT MADE SEVERAL LOW APPROACHES TO THIS AIRFIELD WHERE THE AIRPORT MANAGER OBSERVED THE LOSS OF THE LEFT MAIN GEAR.  THE PILOT REPORTS COORDINATING WITH THE LOCAL AIRCRAFT RESCUE AND FIRE FIGHTING (ARFF) UNITS IN THE LOCAL AREA TO LAND AT A NEARBY UNINHABITED FIELD. THE PIC ELECTED TO DIVERT TO BARNES IN WESTFIELD, MASSACHUSSETS (BAF).  THE PIC THEN REQUESTED A FOAMED RUNWAY AT WHICH TIME HE WAS THEN DIVERTED TO BRADLEY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN WINDSOR LOCKS, CONNECTICUT (BDL) WHERE THIS SERVICE WAS AVAILABLE.  AFTER CONDUCTING LOW APPROACHES TO BOTH BAF AND BDL THE PILOT CONDUCTED HIS APPROACH TO BDL.  THE PIC ELECTED TO RAISE THE REMAINING TWO LANDING GEAR AND CONDUCT A COMPLETE GEAR-UP LANDING ON THE FOAMED RUNWAY.   THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 1/3 DOWN THE RUNWAY AND APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET RIGHT OF CENTERLINE ON AN HEADING APPROXIMATELY 20 DEGREES NORTH OF RUNWAY HEADING.  THE PIC AND HIS PASSENGER, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY INJURIES AS A RESULT OF THIS INCIDENT.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE, HOWEVER DID NOT SUSTAIN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.  ARFF CREWS ATTENDED TO THE INCIDENT INSTANTLY AND WERE ON SCENE THROUOUT THE INVESTIGATION.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS HOISTED AND REMOVED FROM THE SCENE SHORTLY AFTER THE INCIDENT AND THE RUNWAY WAS RETURNED TO AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL USE.

## Other reports on N360J (1)

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

- [Incident 20031122028189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031122028189I), Nov 22, 2003: Amtr LANCAIR320 (N360J), El Cajon, CA, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot landed experimental aircraft at Gillespie field at night. The right landing gear brake assembly "locked up" during ground taxi. The pilot related…

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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