# Incident 20101015051479I: Aerocomp In CA-10, Lakeland, FL, October 15, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 15, 2010, 14:39 local time
- Place: Lakeland, FL
- Airport: Lakeland-Linder Regional Airpo
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9876° N, 82.0190° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKELAND LINDER INTL (LAL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9876&lon=-82.0190&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4105T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4105T-2013-09-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerocomp CA-10 (registry code 05605S8, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerocomp-ca-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AEROCOMP IN CA-10
- Reported engine: WALTER M-601D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 25,000 total, 21 in this make and model, 210 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101015051479I

## Narrative

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

ON FRIDAY 15 OCT 2010, N4105T, AN EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR-BUILT COMP AIR CA-10 SINGLE-ENGINE LAND AIRPLANE, EXPERIENCED NOSE LANDING GEAR FAILURE DURING AN ABORTED TAKEOFF AND RESULTANT HARD LANDING ON  RUNWAY 27 AT LAKELAND-LINDER REGIONAL AIRPORT, FL.  PILOT'S FIRST FLIGHT IN THIS HULL.  AIRCRAFT HAD JUST UNDERGONE A MAJOR AVIONICS UPGRADE AND WAS BEING RETURNED TO SERVICE.   VMC PREVAILED.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO PILOT OR PASSENGER AND THE AIRCRAFT INCURRED MINOR DAMAGE.  PILOT STATED STICK FORCE REQUIRED AT ROTATION WAS "FIRM", AND MADE DECISION TO ABORT.   BEFORE ABORT COULD BE INITIATED ON DECK, AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE.  PILOT RETARDED POWER AND AIRCRAFT STRUCK RUNWAY ON ITS NOSE WHEEL AND BOUNCED AIRBORNE AGAIN.  PILOT STATED HE RESTORED POWER TO TRY TO REGAIN CONTROL, AND ON SECOND SETTLE HE STATES HE RETARDED POWER MORE SLOWLY.  AS NOSEWHEEL SETTLED, IT COLLAPSED.

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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