# Incident 20110906022569I: Goudinoff Peter LANCAIR LEGACY, Tucson, AZ, September 6, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 6, 2011, 10:41 local time
- Place: Tucson, AZ
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.2217° N, 110.9265° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tucson, AZ, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2217&lon=-110.9265&mi=10
- Aircraft: N637PG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N637PG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Goudinoff Peter LANCAIR LEGACY (registry code 05619UQ, https://openairdocs.org/model/goudinoff-peter-lancair-legacy) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550-N (registry code 17215, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GOUDINOFF PETER LANCAIR LEGACY
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550-N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 250 total, 245 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110906022569I

## Narrative

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

ON 09/062011 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, PILOT OF N637PG, A LANCAIR LECGACY,  LANDED AT RYAN AIRPORT IN TUCSON ARIZONA.  UPON NOSEWHEEL TOUCHDOWN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT STARTED A  SEVERE NOSEWHEEL SHIMMY.  THEN THE NOSEWHEEL COLLAPSED CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO EXIT THE RUNWAY.  AS THE AIRCRAFT EXITED THE RUNWAY IT DESTROYED A RUNWAY LIGHT.  DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS CONTAINED TO THE NOSE GEAR ASSEMBLY, ENGINE, PROPELLOR AND ENGINE MOUNTS.  THIS INSPECTOR INSPECTED THE DAMAGED AIRCRAFT WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF  A MAINTANENCE INSPECTOR AND HAS CONCLUDED THAT A MECHANICAL FAILURE OF THE SHIMMY DAMPER, INTERNAL TO THE NOSE STRUT WAS THE CAUSE OF THE NOSE GEAR SHIMMY, COLLAPSE AND SUBSIQUINT DEPARTURE OF THE RUNWAY.   THIS INSPECTOR ADVISED THE AIRCRAFT OWNER/BUILDER TO SUBMIT A SDR/MDR.

## Other reports on N637PG (1)

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

- [Incident 20260729010339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260729010339I), Jul 29, 2026: Goudinoff Peter LANCAIR LEGACY (N637PG), Eden Prairie, MN, Minor damage. The pilot and one passenger were taxiing for takeoff when the left main landing gear had an uncommanded collapse. No injuries or damage to airport property…

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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