# Incident 20141110021939I: Helmer Roger LANCAIR 360, Valparaiso, FL, November 10, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 10, 2014, 12:20 local time
- Place: Valparaiso, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.4899° N, 86.5142° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Valparaiso, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4899&lon=-86.5142&mi=10
- Aircraft: N424DH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N424DH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Helmer Roger LANCAIR 360 (registry code 05611TT, https://openairdocs.org/model/helmer-roger-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: HELMER ROGER LANCAIR 360
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR LYCOMING IO360 EXP
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 500 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141110021939I

## Narrative

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

.5 HOURS INTO THE FLIGHT, ENGINE THROTTLE CONTROL NOT RESPONDING NORMALLY. ANY REDUCTION IN POWER RESULTED IN A FLIGHT IDLE CONDITION. PILOT LEFT THROTTLE SETTING AT FULL POWER AND ELECTED TO RETURN TO VPS. PASSENGER (ALSO A CERTIFICATED COMMERICAL PILOT) DECLARED AND EMERGENCY AND ANNOUNCED INTENTION TO RETURN TO VPS. ONCE PILOT THOUGHT HE WAS WITHIN GLIDING DISTANCE HE MOVED THE THROTTLE TO FLIGHT IDLE TO GLIDE AIRCRAFT TO THE RUNWAY. ON SHORT FINAL PILOT NOTICED ARRESTING GEAR IN THE RUNWAY AND ATTEMPTED TO STRETCH THE GLIDE BEYOND THE ARRESTING GEAR WHICH RESULTED IN A HARD LANDING AND AIRPLANE SKIDDING OFF OF THE RUNWAY.

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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