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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Steiner Rus Lancair LEG · Asheville, NC · July 24, 2009

Date
July 24, 2009 · 15:10 local
Place
Asheville, NC
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2AA
Reported as
Steiner Rus Lancair LEG
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
463 total50 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot stated that he did not check the landing gear lever position prior to take off roll. When the airplane wing started flying and weight of the airplane was off the landing gear the gear collapsed and the airplane skidded to a stop on the side of the runway. After the incident, the pilot noticed the landing gear lever was in the up position.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STATED THAT HE DID NOT CHECK THE LANDING GEAR LEVER POSITION PRIOR TO TAKE OFF ROLL. WHEN THE AIRPLANE WING STARTED FLYING AND WEIGHT OF THE AIRPLANE WAS OFF THE LANDING GEAR THE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRPLANE SKIDDED TO A STOP ON THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. AFTER THE INCIDENT, THE PILOT NOTICED THE LANDING GEAR LEVER WAS IN THE UP POSITION.