# Incident 20130707011069I: Benjamin William E LANCAIR 360, New Smyrna Beac, FL, July 7, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 7, 2013, 10:37 local time
- Place: New Smyrna Beac, FL
- Airport: New Smyrna Beach Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.0557° N, 80.9489° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEW SMYRNA BEACH MUNI (JACK BOLT FLD) (EVB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0557&lon=-80.9489&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6QU, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6QU) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Benjamin William E LANCAIR 360 (registry code 05631H2, https://openairdocs.org/model/benjamin-william-e-lancair-360) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360-A1A (registry code 41594, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-a1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BENJAMIN WILLIAM E LANCAIR 360
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360-A1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,545 total, 97 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130707011069I

## Narrative

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

UPON EXTENSION OF LANDING GEAR, NOSE GEAR (NLG) DID NOT INDICATE DOWN AND LOCKED.  TROUBLESHOOTING PROVED  UNSUCCESSFUL.  TOWER REPORTED 3 DOWN VISUALLY.  AIRCRAFT LANDED KEVB RW 11 WITH TWO GREEN AND ENGINE RUNNING.  NLG COLLAPSED ON ROLLOUT.  MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT INCURRED, INCLUDING PROP BLADES AND UNDERSIDE OF COWLING.  NLG LOCKED DOWN WHEN SUFFICIENT TAIL-DOWN FORCE APPLIED; AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED ON ITS OWN GEAR TO HANGAR.

POSTFLIGHT INSPECTION REVEALED DEPLETED HYDRAULIC FLUID RESERVOIR, AND LARGE QUANTITY OF HYDRAULIC FLUID UNDER BOTH SEATS.  LEAKAGE IN SEVERAL HUDRAULIC TUBES CONFIRMED WHEN SYSTEM PRESSURIZED.

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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