# Incident 20131031024959I: Hermann Bjorn LANCAIR IV, Fort Stockton, TX, October 31, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 31, 2013, 21:15 local time
- Place: Fort Stockton, TX
- Airport: Fort Stockton Pecos County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.9153° N, 102.9128° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT STOCKTON-PECOS COUNTY (FST), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.9153&lon=-102.9128&mi=10
- Aircraft: N89NW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N89NW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hermann Bjorn LANCAIR IV (registry code 05617ZC, https://openairdocs.org/model/hermann-bjorn-lancair-iv) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Walter M601 series (registry code 64003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/walter-m601-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HERMANN BJORN LANCAIR IV
- Reported engine: WALTER M601 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 35 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131031024959I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Incident 20080904844889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080904844889I), Sep 4, 2008: Amtr LANCAIRIV (N89NW), Seattle, WA, Minor damage. (-23) Owner of the airplane pulled the aircraft out of a hangar using an electric tow bar attached to the nose gear. Then proceeded to start the engine with…

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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