# Incident 20090724025349I: Steiner Rus LANCAIR LEG, Asheville, NC, July 24, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 2009, 15:10 local time
- Place: Asheville, NC
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6009° N, 82.5540° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Asheville, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6009&lon=-82.5540&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2AA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2AA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Steiner Russell C LANCAIR LEGACY (registry code 056255L, https://openairdocs.org/model/steiner-russell-c-lancair-legacy) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550-G (registry code 17213, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: STEINER RUS LANCAIR LEG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 463 total, 50 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090724025349I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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