# Incident 20120801018719I: Voronin Maxim LIGHTNING, Farmington, PA, August 1, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 1, 2012, 15:10 local time
- Place: Farmington, PA
- Airport: Nemacolin Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8074° N, 79.5475° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEMACOLIN (PA88), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8074&lon=-79.5475&mi=10
- Aircraft: N787FL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N787FL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Voronin Maxim LIGHTNING (registry code 05629OB, https://openairdocs.org/model/voronin-maxim-lightning) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Jabiru 3300 (registry code 34802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/jabiru-3300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: VORONIN MAXIM LIGHTNING
- Reported engine: JABIRU 3300
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 3,823 total, 40 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120801018719I

## Narrative

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

AT 15:10 LOCAL N787FL, AN LS-1 LIGHTNING WAS ON APPROACH FOR RUNWAY 5 AT NEMACOLIN WOODLANDS RESORT, (PA88).  PILOT STATED THAT ON SHORT FINAL HE WAS FULLY CONFIGURED AT 55 KNOTS AT 15 FEET ABOVE THE RUNWAY WHEN THERE WAS A SUDDEN AND EXCESSIVE DESCENT RATE.  THIS RESULTED IN A HARD LANDING WHICH CAUSED THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR TO COLLAPSE.  BOTH THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE UNINJURED.

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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