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FAA incident report · Ballin Dan LANCAIR LEGACY · Bend, OR · November 10, 2011

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Date
November 10, 2011 · 15:00 local
Place
Bend, OR
Airport
Bend Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N386DM
Reported as
Ballin Dan Lancair Legacy
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
2,000 total165 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days
N386DMRegistered now · Ballin Dan LANCAIR LEGACYS/N L2K-286 · Built 2011Airframe modelBallin Dan LANCAIR LEGACYEngine modelContinental IO-550 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The PIC said he was conducting a test flight. After departure the landing gear would not come up. The PIC left the gear handle in down position and remained in the pattern at Bend muni to return for landing. The PIC said the landing was uneventful, but while rolling out the nose and left main gear collapsed. The PIC later discovered he had wired the squat switch backwards causing the gear to retract on roll out after deaccelerating past 40 knots.

As the FAA filed it

THE PIC SAID HE WAS CONDUCTING A TEST FLIGHT. AFTER DEPARTURE THE LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT COME UP. THE PIC LEFT THE GEAR HANDLE IN DOWN POSITION AND REMAINED IN THE PATTERN AT BEND MUNI TO RETURN FOR LANDING. THE PIC SAID THE LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL, BUT WHILE ROLLING OUT THE NOSE AND LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED.THE PIC LATER DISCOVERED HE HAD WIRED THE SQUAT SWITCH BACKWARDS CAUSING THE GEAR TO RETRACT ON ROLL OUT AFTER DEACCELERATING PAST 40 KNOTS.