# Accident 20090107000669A: Lavign LANCAIRIVP, Iola, KS, January 7, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 7, 2009, 14:30 local time
- Place: Iola, KS
- Airport: Allen County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.8681° N, 95.3869° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8681&lon=-95.3869&mi=10
- Aircraft: N131DL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N131DL-2009-03-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lavigna Daniel M JR LANCAIR IV P (registry code 05602QS, https://openairdocs.org/model/lavigna-daniel-m-jr-lancair-iv-p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LAVIGN LANCAIRIVP
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 600 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09LA124](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA124) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090107000669A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS VFR ENROUTE TO IOLA, KANSAS (K88) FOR A PLANNED FUEL STOP.  THE PILOT MADE A VISUAL APPROACH TORUNWAY 1 AND WAS IN THE LANDING FLARE AS HE OBSERVED ANOTHER AIRCRAFT APPROACHING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 19.  THE PILOT OF THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT ELECTED TO PERFORM A GO-AROUND BECAUSE HE BELIEVED THE OTHER PILOT APPROACHING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 19 DID NOT OBSERVE THAT HE WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 1.  THE PILOT OF THE AIRCRAFT LANDING ON RUNWAY 19 OBSERVED THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT DURING THE GO-AROUND, AT AN ESTIMATED 75 FEET AGL ABEAM THE END OF RUNWAY 19 AND CONCLUDED THE AIRCRAFT WOULD PASS BEHIND HIM AS CONTINUED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 19.  THE PILOT OF THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT WAS UNABLE TO RETURN TO THE RUNWAY AND THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS OFF THE END OF RUNWAY 19.  THE DAMAGE WAS SUBSTANTIAL, AND THE AIRCRAFT LATER BURNED IN POST CRASH FIRE.

## 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 CEN09LA124](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA124), Jan 7, 2009: Lavigna Lancair IV P (N131DL), Iola, KS, destroyed. Probable cause: The total loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.

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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