# Incident 20100109025759I: Blue Sky Co LANCAIR IV-, Harlingen, TX, January 9, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 9, 2010, 18:30 local time
- Place: Harlingen, TX
- Airport: Valley International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.2266° N, 97.6553° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VALLEY INTL (HRL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.2266&lon=-97.6553&mi=10
- Aircraft: N381TS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BLUE SKY CO LANCAIR IV-
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 70 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100109025759I

## Narrative

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

PILOT REQUESTED THE TOWER TO CHECK IF NOSE LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN, THE TOWER ADVISED IT APPEARED THAT THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WAS NOT DOWN. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED ON RWY 35L WITH THE NOSE GEAR UP AND THE MAIN GEARS DOWN. THE AIRCRAFT SLID TO GRASS ON THE RIGHT EDGE OF THE RUNWAY 35L.  FOUR PERSONS ON BOARD, NO INJURIES. MINOR 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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