# Incident 20081111851719I: Lancar LC41550FG, Palm Springs, CA, November 11, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 11, 2008, 11:30 local time
- Place: Palm Springs, CA
- Airport: Jacqueline Cochran Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6267° N, 116.1597° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JACQUELINE COCHRAN RGNL (TRM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6267&lon=-116.1597&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2518H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2518H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lancair LC41-550FG (registry code 5150001, https://openairdocs.org/model/lancair-lc41-550fg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-550 series (registry code 17043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LANCAR LC41550FG
- Reported engine: TSIO550*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081111851719I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING LANDING AT RWY 17, THE WHEEL AND NOSE GEAR ASSEMBLY (WNGA) SEPARATED FROM THE NOSE LANDING GEAR OLEO STRUT.  POST INCIDENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED ONLY ONE OF THE FOUR REQUIRED (AN 5-12A) WAS INSTALLED ON THE WGNA.  THE WGNA PIVOTED (90 DEGREES) AROUND THE SINGLE BOLT EITHER IN FLIGHT OR DURING LANDING.  WHEN THE NOSE TIRE TOUCHED THE RUNWAY SIDEWAYS, THE CONFIGURATION/STRESSES CAUSED THE BOLT SHEARED OFF WITH A PORTION OF IT REMAINING IN THE NUTPLATE ON THE WGNA.  THE OTHER THREE NUTPLATES HAD NO EVIDENCE OF THREAD DAMAGE OR ELONGATION.

## Other reports on N2518H (1)

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

- [Incident 20250909012539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250909012539I), Sep 9, 2025: Lancair Company LC41-550FG (N2518H), Santa Barbara, CA, Minor damage. While sitting in airplane with engine running at approximately 900TO1000 RPM, airplane rolled forward into a hanger door damaging the spinner and the propellor.

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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