# Incident 20120826018809I: Gill Craig LANCAIR IV-P PROPJET, Block Island, RI, August 26, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 26, 2012, 16:54 local time
- Place: Block Island, RI
- Airport: Block Island
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1918° N, 71.5745° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Block Island, RI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1918&lon=-71.5745&mi=10
- Aircraft: N992BC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N992BC-2017-03-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gill Craig LANCAIR IV-P PROPJET (registry code 05622VR, https://openairdocs.org/model/gill-craig-lancair-iv-p-propjet) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Garrett TPE331-2 (registry code 29033, https://openairdocs.org/engine/garrett-tpe331-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GILL CRAIG LANCAIR IV-P PROPJET
- Reported engine: GARRETT TPE331-2
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,300 total, 500 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120826018809I

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN AT KBID ON RUNWAY 10, 150 FEET PAST TAXIWAY BRAVO.  TIRE SKID MARKS (BOTH TIRES) IMMEDIATELY APPEAR AND ANGLE 30 DEGREES TO THE LEFT.  THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY AT THE INTERSECTION OF CHARLIE TAXIWAY.  THE LEFT UNDER-WING PITOT TUBE CONTACTED THE LIGHT ON TOP OF THE CHARLIE TAXIWAY SIGN, REMOVING THE LIGHT FROM THE MOUNTING.  THE PITOT TUBE WAS SHEARED OFF AND THE LANDING LIGHT LENS ON THE LEFT WING WAS SHATTERED.  THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED ACROSS ANOTHER TAXIWAY AND CAME TO REST IN A GRASSY AREA NEXT TO THE EAST SIDE OF THE TERMINAL PARKING AREA, APPROXIMATELY 1000 FEET FROM THE TOUCHDOWN POINT.  AIRCRAFT DAMAGE ASSESSMENT:(1) LEFT PITOT TUBE SHEARED OFF.  EVIDENCE OF SLIGHT DAMAGE TO UNDERWING SKIN SURROUNDING PITOT ATTACHMENT HOUSING.(2) LEFT LANDING LIGHT LENS BROKEN.  NO EVIDENCE OF DAMAGE SURROUNDING HOUSING.(3) LEFT TIRE PARTICALLY DISLOCATED FROM THE RIM BUT STILL ATTACHED.  EVIDENCE OF TEARING ON INBOARD PORTION OF THE TIRE.(4) LEFT BRAKE CALIPER ASSEMBLY BROKEN FREE.  ATTACHED ONLY BY THE HYDRAULIC LINES.THE GEAR STRUTS DID NOT APPEAR DISTORTED.  NO CRACKS WERE OBSERVED. NO OTHER AIRCRAFT DAMAGE OBSERVED.

## Other reports on N992BC (1)

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

- [Accident 20160401003269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160401003269A), Apr 1, 2016: Gill Craig LANCAIR IV-P PROPJET (N992BC), Addison, TX, Substantial damage. On April 1, 2016 at approximately 10:19 CDT a Lancair iv-p, N992BC, operated by [privacy data omitted] was involved in an accident during the landing phase on…

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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