20131031024959I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Hermann Bjorn LANCAIR IV · Fort Stockton, TX · October 31, 2013

Date
October 31, 2013 · 21:15 local
Place
Fort Stockton, TX
Airport
Fort Stockton Pecos County
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N89NW
Reported as
Hermann Bjorn Lancair IV
Reported engine
WALTER M601 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
3,000 total35 in this make and model100 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.

On October 31, 2013, at 2115 CDT, a Lancair IV home built bearing the registration number N89NW, privacy data omitted, had the gear collapse while landing on runway 12 at Fort Stockton, TX. The aircraft was being operated on a cross country, part 91 flight. Visual meterological conditions prevailed at the time, and a VFR flight plan was not filed. The aircraft substantially damaged, and the pilot sustained no injuries. The flight originated from gains county municipal (kgnc), seminole, TX on October 31, 2013, at 2000 CDT.

As the FAA filed it

ON OCTOBER 31, 2013, AT 2115 CDT, A LANCAIR IV HOME BUILT BEARING THE REGISTRATION NUMBER N89NW, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, HAD THE GEAR COLLAPSE WHILE LANDING ON RUNWAY 12 AT FORT STOCKTON, TX. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A CROSS COUNTRY, PART 91 FLIGHT. VISUAL METEROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED, AND THE PILOT SUSTAINED NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM GAINS COUNTY MUNICIPAL (KGNC), SEMINOLE, TX ON OCTOBER 31, 2013, AT 2000 CDT.

Other reports on N89NW · 1

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