# Incident 20110821019759I: Lange Alexander T AIR CAM, Sheridan, IN, August 21, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 2011, 18:55 local time
- Place: Sheridan, IN
- Airport: Sheridan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1782° N, 86.2171° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SHERIDAN (5I4), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1782&lon=-86.2171&mi=10
- Aircraft: N203TW (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: LANGE ALEXANDER T AIR CAM
- Reported engine: BOMBARDIER ROTAX (ALL)
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 8,962 total, 34 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110821019759I

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 21, 2011, PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HOLDER OF ATP CERTIFICATE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WAS OPERATING N203TW, A LANGE HX-1 AIR CAM EXPERIMENTAL MULTI-ENGINE CONVENTIONAL-GEAR AIRCRAFT, FOR THE PURPOSE OF PRACTICING SHORT-FIELD AND CROSSWIND LANDINGS AT SHERIDAN AIRPORT (5I4) IN SHERIDAN, IN. WINDS WERE ESTIMATED TO BE FROM 340 DEGREEES AT 8 KNOWTS WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 12 OR 14 KNOTS. AT APPROXIMATELY 1855 EDT, AFTER MAKING TWO TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS ON RUNWAY 5, A LANDING WAS PLANNED ON RUNWAY 27, A GRASS RUNWAY. AFTER DEPARTING TO THE NORTHEAST ON RUNWAY 5 AND UPON REACHING THE END OF THIS RUNWAY (ESTIMATED 400-500 FEET AGL), A PRACTICE EMERGENCY LANDING TO RUNWAY 27 WAS INITATED. A WIND GUST WAS ENCOUNTERED IN THE LANDING FLARE AND TOUCHDOWN WAS APPROXIMATELY 25 DEGREES OFF RUNWAY HEADING ON THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR. THOUCHDOWN WAS DESCRIBED BY BOTH PILOT AND PASSENGER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AS "NOT HARD"; UPON TOUCHDOWN, THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR BROKE ALONG A WELD WHICH ATTACHES THE SPINDLE TO THE GEAR LEG AND THE WHEEL ASSEMBLY SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 75 FEET AFTER TOUCHDOWN; BOTH PILOT AND PASSENGER EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES. INCIDENT ANALYSIS REVEALED THE INSTALLATION OF LARGER THAN STANDARD TIRES WHICH ARE NOT RECOMMENDED FOR THIS EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT, AND THAT THE WELD ATTACHING THE WHEEL SPINDLE AND GEAR LEG APPEARED TO BE OF POOR QUALITY.

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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