# Incident 20110302002759I: Cleavinger LIGHTNING, Boulder, CO, March 2, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 2, 2011, 10:40 local time
- Place: Boulder, CO
- Airport: Boulder Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0394° N, 105.2261° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOULDER MUNI (BDU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0394&lon=-105.2261&mi=10
- Aircraft: N213RC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N213RC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cleavinger Richard LIGHTNING (registry code 056233X, https://openairdocs.org/model/cleavinger-richard-lightning) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Jabiru 3300 (registry code 34801, https://openairdocs.org/engine/jabiru-3300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CLEAVINGER LIGHTNING
- Reported engine: JABIRU 3300
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,297 total, 358 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/20110302002759I

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 3, 2011, AT APPROXIMATELY 1040MST, AN AVION-LIGHTNING HOME BUILT AIRCRAFT, CRASHED ON LANDING AT BOULDER MUNI AIRPORT.  THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91 AND WAS OPERATING IN VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (VMC) WITHOUT A FLIGHT PLAN.  NEITHER OF THE PILOTS WERE INJURED.  THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE/PROP, NOSE GEAR AND RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR.

## Other reports on N213RC (1)

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

- [Incident 20200414003809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200414003809I), Apr 14, 2020: Cleavinger Richard LIGHTNING (N213RC), Parkersburg, WV, Minor damage. Pilot was performing touch and go maneuvers . The left main landing gear broke after landing at the axle attachment . The left main axle assembly with wheel…

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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