# Incident 20140709012989I: Stratton Bruce LANCAIR IV, Santa Ynez, CA, July 9, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 2014, 15:05 local time
- Place: Santa Ynez, CA
- Airport: Santa Ynez
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.6068° N, 120.0760° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Santa Ynez Airport (IZA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6068&lon=-120.0760&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3XY, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3XY) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Stratton Bruce LANCAIR IV (registry code 05631U0, https://openairdocs.org/model/stratton-bruce-lancair-iv) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-550-E (registry code 17247, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-550-e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: STRATTON BRUCE LANCAIR IV
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-550-E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 6 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140709012989I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT COULD NOT RETRACT GEAR ON CLIMB OUT, GEAR HANDLE LOCKED IN DOWN POSITION. PILOT EXITED THE TRAFFIC PATTERN TO TROUBLESHOOT THE LANDING GEAR PROBLEM. A LOSS OF ELECTRICAL POWER, WHILE TROUBLESHOOTING THE LANDING GEAR PROBLEM, RESULTED IN INSTRUMENTATION FAILURE. BEFORE THE LOSS OF ELECTRICAL POWER, THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM INDICATED THREE GREEN DOWN LIGHTS. THE PILOT THEN RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT FOR LANDING. THE PILOT MADE THE APPROACH WITH A BLANK PFD, WHICH TURNED OFF AND ON A COUPLE OF TIMES. UPON LANDING THE PILOT STATED HE TURNED A LITTLE CLOSE AND MADE A HARD LANDING, CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE.

## Other reports on N3XY (1)

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

- [Incident 20141003018369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141003018369I), Oct 3, 2014: Stratton Bruce LANCAIR IV (N3XY), Corvallis, OR, Minor damage. Owner/operator/builder of experimental aircraft, while landing at cvo experienced a nose gear collapse almost immediately after landing. Pilot reported he…

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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