# Incident 20120721014079I: Bloodworth Tommy LANCAIR IV-P, Asheville, NC, July 21, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 2012, 09:45 local time
- Place: Asheville, NC
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6009° N, 82.5540° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Asheville, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6009&lon=-82.5540&mi=10
- Aircraft: N300KT (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BLOODWORTH TOMMY LANCAIR IV-P
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-550-E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 200 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120721014079I

## Narrative

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

RETRACTABLE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED DAMAGING THE PROPELLER.  NOSE GEAR DRAG LINKS ARE MADE OF STEEL STOCK AND WERE UNPAINTED WITH LIGHT RUST.  FORWARD, MIDDLE AND AFT DRAG LINK MOUNT BOLTS WERE EXTREMELY LOOSE WITH PLAY IN THE THE SHEAR DIRECTION.  NOSE GEAR RETRACT ACTUATOR AFT ATTACH POINT BENT AND OLEO END OF ACTUATOR DISCONNECTED.  LANDING GEAR ENGINE MOUNT ATTACHMENTS SEVERLY DAMAGED AND DISLODGED FROM ENGINE MOUNTS.  ALL LOWER FORWARD ENGINE MOUNT TUBES FOR LANDING GEAR MOUNT SHEARED FROM ENGINE SHOCK MOUNT HOUSINGS.  UNABLE TO DETERMINE IF FIREWALL HAS DAMAGE DUE TO HEAT SHIELD BLANKET INSTALLATION.

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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