# Incident 20100725039859I: Love Ralph LANCAIR LEG, Vernal, UT, July 25, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 25, 2010, 13:12 local time
- Place: Vernal, UT
- Airport: Vernal Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4361° N, 109.5114° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VERNAL RGNL (VEL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4361&lon=-109.5114&mi=10
- Aircraft: N122PT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N122PT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Love Ralph E JR LANCAIR LEGACY (registry code 05625X8, https://openairdocs.org/model/love-ralph-e-jr-lancair-legacy) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550-E (registry code 17214, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LOVE RALPH LANCAIR LEG
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550-E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 707 total, 100 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100725039859I

## Narrative

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

TRANSFERED FROM THE STATMENT RECEIVED FROM PILOT AND COMPARED TO PASSENGERS STATEMENT:THE PILOT WAS ON HIS FIRST LEG FROM MONTERYY, CA (KMRY) TO OSHKOSH WITH A STOP IN VERNAL, UTAH. THE PILOT WAS DOING A STRAIGHT-IN APPROACH FOR LANDING ON RUNWAY 7 AT KVEL. AT 4 MILES OUT THE PILOT HAD 10 DEGREES OF FLAPS AND AT 2 MILES OUT THE PILOT PUT THE GEAR LEVER IN THE DOWN POSITION (AS OBSERVED BY THE PASSENGER). THE PILOT WAS DOING ABOUT 115 KNOTS AND ADDED FULL FLAPS (38 DEGREES) AND SPEED BRAKES. THE AIRSPEED WAS CORRECT FOR LANDING AT THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD AND THE PILOT WAS LINED UP CORRECTLY. THE PILOT SET THE PLANE DOWN FOR A PERFECT LANDING, HOWEVER, THE LANDING GEAR HAD NOT EXTENDED. THE AIRCRAFT SLID DOWN THE RUNWAY AND JUST BEFORE STOPPING WENT INTO THE GREASS ON THE SIDE. NO ONE WAS INJURED.

## Other reports on N122PT (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20111013024059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111013024059I), Oct 13, 2011: Love Ralph E Jr LANCAIR LEGACY (N122PT), San Luis Obispo, CA, Minor damage. Pilot experienced crosswind during the landing phase of the flight. The aircraft porpoised and the propeller struck the runway causing damage to the propeller…

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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