# Incident 20091103050949I: Byrnes Thom LANCAIR 235, Monroe, NC, November 3, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 3, 2009, 07:20 local time
- Place: Monroe, NC
- Airport: Monroe
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.9854° N, 80.5495° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Monroe, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9854&lon=-80.5495&mi=10
- Aircraft: N133TB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N133TB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Byrnes Thomas A. LANCAIR 235 (registry code 05616QF, https://openairdocs.org/model/byrnes-thomas-a-lancair-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BYRNES THOM LANCAIR 235
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-290 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091103050949I

## Narrative

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

ON NOVEMBER 3, 2009 AT 0750 EST, A LANCE AIR 235 N133TB REGISTERED TO RICHARD NEAL. MR. NEAL AND FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR LEIGHTON PRESSLEY EXPERIENCED A LANDING GEAR MALFUNCTION SHORT OF FINAL. THE FLIGHT WAS OPERATED AS A PERSONAL TRAINING FLIGHT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91. VFR METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE FLIGHT.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT MONROE NORTH CAROLINA (EQY) AT APPROXIMATELY 0750 LOCAL TIME.  THE INTENTION OF THIS FLIGHT WAS TO RECEIVE HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPLEX FLIGHT TRAINING. ON THE DOWN WIND PHASE OF THE LANDING THE LANDING GEAR WAS FELT AND VISUALLY VERIFIED DOWN BY BOTH CREW MEMBERS.  ON FINAL ANOTHER LANDING CHECK WAS PERFORMED AND BOTH CREW MEMBERS VERIFIED THREE GREEN LIGHTS FOR THE LANDING GEAR. AT LESS THAN 15' AGL THE LANDING GEAR LIGHTS EXTINGUISHED AND BEFORE A GO AROUND COULD BE INITIATED THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE GROUND.  THE AIRCRAFT SLID DOWN THE RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS CENTER LINE OF RUNWAY 5 COMING TO REST AT INTERSECTION A-2.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINIMAL DAMAGE TO AIRFRAME. EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE FOUND THE PROPELLER DAMAGED DUE TO STRIKING THE GROUND.  THE AIRPLANE HAS BEEN SECURED FOR FURTHER EXAMINATION.

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