# Accident 20130812014399A: Griffith E/Boyd W E LANCAIR 360, Nucla, CO, August 12, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 2013, 06:45 local time
- Place: Nucla, CO
- Airport: Hopkins Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2389° N, 108.5633° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2389&lon=-108.5633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15EG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N15EG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Griffith E/Boyd W E LANCAIR 360 (registry code 05604L1, https://openairdocs.org/model/griffith-e-boyd-w-e-lancair-360) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRIFFITH E/BOYD W E LANCAIR 360
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,825 total, 705 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN13LA488](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA488) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130812014399A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT STATED: AFTER TAKEOFF, RETRACTED GEAR AND THE LEFT MAIN GEAR LAMP REMAINED ON. CYCLED GEAR, AND ON THE SECOND OR THIRD EXTENSION ALL THREE REMAINED GREEN. UPON LANDING THE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT SLID ON ITS BELLY OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.

ON-SCENE EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED EVIDENCE INCONSISTANT WITH A GEAR COLLAPSE, BUT CONSISTENT WITH A GEAR-UP LANDING.

## 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 CEN13LA488](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA488), Aug 12, 2013: Griffith E/Boyd W E Lancair 360 (N15EG), Nucla, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to extend the airplane’s landing gear before landing.

## Other reports on N15EG (1)

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

- [Accident 20010706020649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010706020649A), Jul 6, 2001: Amtr LANCAIR360 (N15EG), La Junta, CO, No damage. (-23) NTSB advised FSDO accident investigator on July 8, 2001 that Mr. Donald ryan reported that his aircraft landed at the lhx airport and upon landing the…

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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