# Incident 20100610035279I: Vonk Anton LANCAIR PRO, Redmond, OR, June 10, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 10, 2010, 11:19 local time
- Place: Redmond, OR
- Airport: Roberts Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.2541° N, 121.1500° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Roberts Field (RDM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.2541&lon=-121.1500&mi=10
- Aircraft: N750TV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N750TV-2013-07-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Vonk Anton LANCAIR PROPJET (registry code 05619CN, https://openairdocs.org/model/vonk-anton-lancair-propjet) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Walter M601 series (registry code 64003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/walter-m601-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: VONK ANTON LANCAIR PRO
- Reported engine: WALTER M601 SER
- 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/20100610035279I

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 10, 2010 AT APPROXIMATELY 1219 PDT, N750TV, A PRESSURIZED LANCAIR 4 TURBOPROP WAS CLIMBING OUT OF 10500 MSL FROM BEND, OREGON AIRPORT WHEN THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED SMOKE COMING OUT FROM THE WINDSCREEN. THE PURPOSE OF THE FLIGHT WAS TO DEMONSTRATE THE AIRCRAFT TO A PROSPECTIVE BUYER. SHORTLY AFTER GOING THROUGH 10,500 MSL, THE SMOKE BECAME A RAGING STREAM ACCORDING TO THE PIC. THE PIC THEN INITIATED AN EMERGENCY DESCENT AND SHUT OFF THE ELECTRICAL POWER TO THE AIRCRAFT. IN ADDITION, HE DEFLATED THE DOOR SEAL TO THE PRESSURIZED AIRCRAFT TO EVACUATE THE SMOKE. WHILE IN DESCENT, THE SMOKE TURNED INTO FLAME ALONG THE RIGHT OF THE WINDSCREEN. THE PIC HEADED FOR THE REDMOND AIRPORT WHICH HAS A CONTROL TOWER AND SINCE HE SHUT OFF HIS ELECTRICAL POWER, WAS UNABLE TO CONTACT THE TOWER. WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 28, THE PILOT SHUT THE ENGINE OFF AND WITH THE GEAR DOWN, LANDED AND BROUGHT THE AIRCRAFT TO A STOP. HE AND THE PROSPECTIVE BUYER IMMEDIATELY EVACUATED THE AIRCRAFT. EXCEPT FOR SOME SMOKE INHALATION WHICH DID NOT REQUIRE HOSPITALIZATION, THE PILOT AND PERSPECTIVE BUYER WERE NOT INJURED.  TOTAL FLIGHT TIME WAS NO MORE THAN 15 MINUTES. POST INCIDENT INVESTIGATION BY INSPECTOR JARVIS COCHRAN OF PORTLAND FSDO REVEALED THE CARBON FIBER INSTRUMENT PANEL MOUNTING TAB HAD WORN THROUGH THE WIRE BUNDLE BEHIND THE CIRCUIT BREAKER PANEL. THIS CREATED A SHORT AND ELECTRICAL FIRE. OF NOTE IS THE 50 AMP CIRCUIT BREAKER TO THE HYDRAULIC PUMP LOCATED AT THE TOP OF THE CIRCUIT BREAKER PANEL DID NOT POP WITH THE FIRE. DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE INSTRUMENT PANEL, WINDSCREEN, RIGHT SIDE FUSELAGE ADJACENT TO THE CIRCUIT BREAKER PANEL, OVERHEAD INTERIOR PRIMARILY ON THE RIGHT SIDE. THE NTSB INVESTIGATOR AFTER REVIEWING THE DAMAGE CLASSIFIED IT AS MINOR, AN INCIDENT. AIRCRAFT LOGBOOKS WERE INSPECTED AND AIRCRAFT IS SHOWN TO BE AIRWORTHY WITH ONLY 4 HOURS SINCE SINCE THE LAST INSPECTION. AIRCRAFT IS AMATEUR BUILT. A LANCAIR REPRESENTATIVE WAS PRESENT WHEN INSPECTOR COCHRAN INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT DAMAGE. THE REPRESENTATIVE INDICATED HE WILL HAVE THE DETAILS OF THIS INCIDENT PUT IN THE LANCAIR NEWSLETTER WHICH GIVES OWNERS AND READERS SAFETY CONCERNS THAT ARISE SUCH AS IN THIS INCIDENT. NO FURTHER ACTION IS PLANNED.

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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