# Incident 20111110026489I: Ballin Dan LANCAIR LEGACY, Bend, OR, November 10, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 10, 2011, 15:00 local time
- Place: Bend, OR
- Airport: Bend Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.0946° N, 121.2002° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BEND MUNI (BDN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0946&lon=-121.2002&mi=10
- Aircraft: N386DM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N386DM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ballin Dan LANCAIR LEGACY (registry code 05628MY, https://openairdocs.org/model/ballin-dan-lancair-legacy) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BALLIN DAN LANCAIR LEGACY
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 165 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111110026489I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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