# Incident 20090428005669I: Amtr LANCAIR320, St Louis, MO, April 28, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 2009, 15:40 local time
- Place: St Louis, MO
- Airport: Spirit Of St Louis
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.6621° N, 90.6520° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SPIRIT OF ST LOUIS (SUS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6621&lon=-90.6520&mi=10
- Aircraft: N775DX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N775DX) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Field Peter B LANCAIR 320 (registry code 05627LQ, https://openairdocs.org/model/field-peter-b-lancair-320) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Mattituck TMX IO-390 (registry code 59605, https://openairdocs.org/engine/mattituck-tmx-io-390) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR LANCAIR320
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 4 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090428005669I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  ON 04/28/2009 EXPERIMENTAL AMATUER-BUILT LANCAIR 320 N775DX PILOTED BY OWNER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ATTEMPTED A FINAL APPROACH LANDING ON RUNWAY 8R AT SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS (SUS).  THE WINDS WERE 010 DEGREES AT 4 KNOTS.  THE PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND BY FLYING THE AIRCRAFT ONTO THE RUNWAY.  WHEN POWER WAS REDUCED THE NOSE PITCHED DOWN QUICKLY CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO PORPOISE.  ON THE SECOND TOUCHDOWN THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY.  THE PILOT STATED HE WAS NOT AWARE THE PROPELLER HAD STRUCK THE RUNWAY UNTIL HE TAXIED BACK TO HIS HANGAR.  APPROXIMATELY 2 INCHES OF EACH OF THE 3 BLADED MT MANUFACTURED PROPELLER WERE DAMAGED.  INVESTIGATION REVEALED NO OTHER DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

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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