# Incident 20090212001019I: Conaer LA4200, Chandler, AZ, February 12, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 12, 2009, 11:20 local time
- Place: Chandler, AZ
- Airport: Chandler Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2691° N, 111.8111° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHANDLER MUNI (CHD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2691&lon=-111.8111&mi=10
- Aircraft: N16RC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N16RC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lake LA-4-200 (registry code 5110310, https://openairdocs.org/model/lake-la-4-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CONAER LA4200
- Reported engine: LYC IO360LYC*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16,000 total, 1,714 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090212001019I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS CONDUCTING A 14 CFR PART 91 FLIGHT AFTER PERFORMING A "TOP-END" OVERHAUL OF THE AIRCRAFT'S LYCOMING IO-360 ENGINE.  THE PILOT ALSO HOLDS A MECHANIC CERTIFICATE WITH AIRFRAME AND POWERPLANT RATINGS.  THE PILOT STATED THAT WHILE RETURNING TO CHANDLER MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, CHANDLER, ARIZONA, THE ENGINE'S FUEL FLOW DROPPED TO WELL BELOW NORMAL AND THE ENGINE DID NOT RESPOND WELL TO POWER CHANGES.  THE PILOT STATED THAT AS HE SET THE ENGINE CONTROLS FOR A REDUCED POWER SETTING, THE ENGINE WOULD LOSE A DISPROPORTIONATE AMOUNT POWER.  THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS DISTRACTED BY THE ENGINE PROBLEM AND INTENTIONALLY DELAYED EXTENDING THE LANDING GEAR DUE TO INCREASE THE AIRCRAFT'S GLIDE PERFORMANCE IN CASE THE ENGINE FAILED.  THE PILOT ADVISED CHANDLER FEDERAL CONTROL TOWER (FCT) AND MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT CHANDLER MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.  A POST INCIDENT VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED VERY MINOR ABRASION DAMAGE TO THE LOWER SECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT'S FUSELAGE/HULL WHERE THE ALUMINUM SKINS ARE JOINED.  THE DAMAGE TO THE FUSELAGE/HULL IS CONSISTENT WITH A GEAR UP LANDING.  THE RIGHT WING'S "TIP-FLOAT" ALSO HAD DAMAGE TO THE LOWER AFT SECTION CONSISTENT WITH A GEAR UP LANDING.

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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