# Incident 20150424005819I: Flynn Dennis M GLASAIR RG II, Lakeland, FL, April 24, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 24, 2015, 10:45 local time
- Place: Lakeland, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.0395° N, 81.9498° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lakeland, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0395&lon=-81.9498&mi=10
- Aircraft: N26EX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N26EX) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Flynn Dennis M GLASAIR RG II (registry code 05691FR, https://openairdocs.org/model/flynn-dennis-m-glasair-rg-ii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FLYNN DENNIS M GLASAIR RG II
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 945 total, 500 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150424005819I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT ADVISED THAT WHILE LANDING, THE TOWER ADVISED TO LAND LONG WHICH LEFT HIM HIGH AND HAD TO RAPIDLY DESCEND WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO THE HARD LANDING AND THE NLG TO COLLAPSE AND BREAK.

## Other reports on N26EX (1)

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

- [Incident 19960411006859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960411006859I), Apr 11, 1996: Amtr GLASAIRIII (N26EX), Grand Canyon, AZ, Minor damage. Narrative: while en-route klas to kabq south of pgs VOR pilot encountered severe turbulence. The main gear warning light came on. Cycling the gear failed to…

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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