# Incident 20090527007049I: Bogard LEGALEAGLE, Las Cruces, NM, May 27, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 27, 2009, 08:45 local time
- Place: Las Cruces, NM
- Airport: Las Cruces International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.2894° N, 106.9220° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAS CRUCES INTL (LRU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2894&lon=-106.9220&mi=10
- Aircraft: N555LE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N555LE-2020-07-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bogardus Carl H LEGAL EAGLE (registry code 056260J, https://openairdocs.org/model/bogardus-carl-h-legal-eagle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOGARD LEGALEAGLE
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 120 total, 0 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090527007049I

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 27, 2009, AT 0845 MDT, A LEGAL EAGLE (LIGHT SPORT AIRCRAFT) N555LE, REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED THE RUNWAY AT LAS CRUCES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, LAS CRUCES, NEW MEXICO WHILE PERFORMING A TAXI TEST.  VISUAL METROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE CERTIFICATED SPORT PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.  THE TAXI TEST ORIGINATED AT LAS CRUCES, NEW MEXICO ON MAY 27, 2009 AT 0835.

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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