# Accident 20081006849149A: Comley LANCAIR360, Manassas, VA, October 6, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 6, 2008, 16:30 local time
- Place: Manassas, VA
- Airport: Manassas Regional/Harry P. Davis F
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7468° N, 77.4826° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Manassas, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7468&lon=-77.4826&mi=10
- Aircraft: N528RC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N528RC-2021-07-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Comley Ray LANCAIR 360 (registry code 05601DA, https://openairdocs.org/model/comley-ray-lancair-360) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: COMLEY LANCAIR360
- Reported engine: LYC IO360LYC*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 904 total, 276 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081006849149A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 06, 2008,AT APPROXIMATELY 16:30 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A LANCAIR 360 (EXPERIMENTAL), N528RC WAS DAMAGED WHEN IT LANDED ON RUNWAY 34L AT THE MANASSAS REGIONAL AIRPORT (HEF) WITH THE LANDING GEAR UP (RETRACTED POSITION).  THE IMPACT POINT WAS 1397 FEET FROM THE THRESHOLD OF RUNWAY 34L AND THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED 587 FEET TO A FULL STOP.  DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT INCLUDED THE PROP, ENGINE COWLING AND DEEP SCRATCHES TO THE UNDER BELLY SKIN FROM THE ENGINE COWL TO APPROXIMATELY MID-WING AREA.  THE WINGS AND THE UPPER FUSELAGE WERE NOT DAMAGED.  THE LANDING GEAR SWITCH LOCATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WAS OBSERVED IN THE UP POSITION.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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