# Accident 20130221002669A: Ttx Air LLC LANCAIR EVOLUTION, Indianapolis, IN, February 21, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 21, 2013, 08:50 local time
- Place: Indianapolis, IN
- Airport: Eagle Creek Airpark
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8308° N, 86.2944° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8308&lon=-86.2944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N613TX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N613TX) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: TTX Air LANCAIR EVOLUTION (registry code 05631IL, https://openairdocs.org/model/ttx-air-lancair-evolution) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-135 (registry code 52173, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-135) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TTX AIR LLC LANCAIR EVOLUTION
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-135
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 12,820 total, 2 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN13IA177](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13IA177) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130221002669A

## Narrative

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

ON 02/21/2013, N613TX, A LANCAIR EVOLUTION, WAS CONDUCTING TOUCH AND GO TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS AT THE EAGLE CREEK AIRPARK (EYE) IN INDIANAPOLIS, IN. ON THE THIRD APPROACH, THE PILOT IN COMMAND AND A LANCAIR PROGRAM PILOT INSTURCTOR, REPORTED A PROBLEM WITH THE LANDING GEAR THAT APPEARED TO RESOLVE ITSELF AFTER CYCLING THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE SEVERAL TIMES.  SATISFIED, THEY CONTINUED ON.  ON A SUBSEQUENT APPROACH, WHILE SIMULATING A FLAP MALFUNCTION, THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED, DAMAGING THE AIRFRAME AND PROPELLER.  BOTH PILOTS STATED THEY WERE CONCENTRATING ON THE APPROACH AND DID NOT NOTICE, AFTER SELECTING THE LANDING GEAR LEVER TO THE 'DOWN' POSITION, WHETHER OR NOT THERE WERE THREE, ILLUMINATED LANDING GEAR 'DOWN AND LOCKED' INDICATORS.

ON MARCH 5, 2013, OPERATIONAL CHECKS OF THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM AND THE LANDING GEAR AURAL WARNING SYSTEM DETERMINED THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED AND EXTENDED CORRECTLY AND THE LANDING GEAR AURAL WARNING SYSTEM FUNCTIONED CORRECTLY.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN13IA177](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13IA177), Feb 21, 2013: TTX Air Lancair (N613TX), Indianapolis, IN, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: The pilots' failure to verify landing gear extension before landing.

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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