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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Allen William M LANCAIR 235 · Albemarle, NC · February 10, 2013

Date
February 10, 2013 · 15:35 local
Place
Albemarle, NC
Airport
Stanley County
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N668L
Reported as
Allen William M Lancair 235
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,892 total121 in this make and model33 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Hyd line failure between hyd reservoir and left main landing gear actuator caused loss of hyd pressure resulting in nose gear extending but not FAR enough to lock in place. During landing phase, as the nose gear contacted rwy 22L, it partially collapsed causing the prop to contact the rwy and damage to the lower engine cowling.

As the FAA filed it

HYD LINE FAILURE BETWEEN HYD RESERVOIR AND LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR ACTUATOR CAUSED LOSS OF HYD PRESSURE RESULTING IN NOSE GEAR EXTENDING BUT NOT FAR ENOUGH TO LOCK IN PLACE. DURING LANDING PHASE, AS THE NOSE GEAR CONTACTED RWY 22L, IT PARTIALLY COLLAPSED CAUSING THE PROP TO CONTACT THE RWY AND DAMAGE TO THE LOWER ENGINE COWLING.