# Incident 20140917017159I: Lyn Aircraft AIR CAM, Morgan City, LA, September 17, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 2014, 12:00 local time
- Place: Morgan City, LA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7103° N, 91.1915° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Morgan City, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7103&lon=-91.1915&mi=10
- Aircraft: N76LF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N76LF-2023-02-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: LYN AIR CAM (registry code 05607PN, https://openairdocs.org/model/lyn-air-cam) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LYN AIRCRAFT AIR CAM
- Reported engine: BOMBARDIER ROTAX (ALL)
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 17,000 total, 260 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140917017159I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT WAS FLYING THE LOUISIANA COASTLINE APPROXIMATELY 32 MILES SOUTH OF MORGAN CITY.  THE FLIGHT HAD ORIGINATED IN EUNICE, LA (4R7) AT APPROXIMATELY 9:15AM AND STOPPED IN ABBEVILLE, LA (KIYA) TO PICK UP A PASSENGER AND REFUEL THE AIRCRAFT.  THE PILOT DEPARTED KIYA AROUND 11:30AM AND PROCEEDED SOUTHEAST BOUND FOR APPROXIMATELY 70NM ALONG THE COASTLINE.  APPROXIMATELY 12:20PM THE PILOT NOTICED THE LEFT ENGINE WAS INTERMITTENTLY RUNNING ROUGH.  THE PILOT SUSPECTED FUEL CONTAMINATION AND ELECTED TO SET THE AIRCRAFT DOWN ON A SAND BAR VERSUS ATTEMPTING TO FLY THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO THE AIRPORT.  THE PILOT MADE SEVERAL PASSES OVER THE INTENDED LANDING AREA WHICH INCLUDED A TOUCH AND GO TO BETTER ASSESS THE SURFACE CONDITIONS.  ON THE FINAL TOUCHDOWN FOR LANDING THE PILOT TOUCHED DOWN ABOVE STALL SPEED WITH A THREE POINT LANDING.  INSTANTLY AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE PILOT WAS FORCED TO APPLY FULL RIGHT AILERON, FULL RIGHT RUDDER AND FULL AFT STICK TO COUNTER A SEVERE LEFT YAW AND FORWARD PITCHING MOMENT.  THE AIRCRAFT DECELERATED ABRUPTLY IN A NOSE DOWN POSITION WITH THE NOSE CONE STRIKING THE SHELL BAR FIRST AND THEN YAWING TO THE LEFT.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST PERPENDICULAR TO THE INTENDED LANDING DIRECTION WITH LEFT DOWN SLOPE ATTITUDE. ALL OCCUPANTS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INJURY.   UPON EXIT THE PILOT DISCOVERED THE LEFT MAIN LANDING TIRE WAS MISSING AND WAS RE-LOCATED IN THE GRASS 15FEET FROM THE AIRCRAFT.

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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