# Incident 20141205021469I: Jay Gilbert LANCAIR EVOLUTION, Amarillo, TX, December 5, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 5, 2014, 19:28 local time
- Place: Amarillo, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Unknown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2220° N, 101.8313° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Amarillo, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2220&lon=-101.8313&mi=10
- Aircraft: N141WP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N141WP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Jay Gilbert LANCAIR EVOLUTION (registry code 05633IJ, https://openairdocs.org/model/jay-gilbert-lancair-evolution) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-135A (registry code 52260, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-135a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: JAY GILBERT LANCAIR EVOLUTION
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-135A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,160 total, 148 in this make and model, 86 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141205021469I

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 5, 2014, AT 1928 LOCAL TIME, A LANCAIR EVOLUTION, EXPERIMENTAL SINGLE ENGINE TURBO PROPELLER AIRCRAFT, BEARING REGISTRATION NUMBER N141WP, REGISTERED TO THE PRIVATE OWNER, LANDED WITH THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR RETRACTED AT THE RICK HUSBAND AMARILLO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON RUNWAY 4 AT TAXIWAY A.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES (IFR) FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINALLY WAS INTENDED FOR (81XA) RIVER FALLS AIRPORT, AMARILLO, TEXAS.  THE PILOT DIVERTED WHEN HE WAS UNABLE TO LOWER THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR.

## Other reports on N141WP (1)

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

- [Incident 20150607014359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150607014359I), Jun 7, 2015: Jay Gilbert LANCAIR EVOLUTION (N141WP), Herford, TX, Minor damage. Pilot was practicing slow flight and the gear warning horn had gone off several times. He ignored the warning horn. He initiated an approach to landing and…

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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