# Incident 20111013024059I: Love Ralph E Jr LANCAIR LEGACY, San Luis Obispo, CA, October 13, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 13, 2011, 09:50 local time
- Place: San Luis Obispo, CA
- Airport: San Luis Obispo Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2373° N, 120.6426° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY RGNL (SBP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2373&lon=-120.6426&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 E JR 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: 790 total, 150 in this make and model, 98 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111013024059I

## Narrative

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

PILOT EXPERIENCED CROSSWIND DURING THE LANDING PHASE OF THE FLIGHT.  THE AIRCRAFT PORPOISED AND THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER BLADES.  IN ADDITION, DUE TO THE HARD LANDING THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WHEEL ASSEMBLY BROKE OFF AND SEPERATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N122PT (1)

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

- [Incident 20100725039859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100725039859I), Jul 25, 2010: Love Ralph LANCAIR LEG (N122PT), Vernal, UT, Minor damage. 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…

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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