# Accident 20160130024189A: American Legend Aircraft Co AL11C-100, Las Animas, CO, January 30, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 30, 2016, 11:00 local time
- Place: Las Animas, CO
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.0517° N, 103.1203° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0517&lon=-103.1203&mi=10
- Aircraft: N24184, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N24184) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: American Legend AL11C-100 (registry code 060001B, https://openairdocs.org/model/american-legend-al11c-100) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMERICAN LEGEND AIRCRAFT CO AL11C-100
- Reported engine: CONTINENTAL 0-200
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 22,600 total, 306 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA115](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA115) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160130024189A

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED HE WAS RETURNING TO HIS PRIVATE TURF RUNWAY ON HIS OWN PROPERTY, AND UPON LANDING AND ROLLOUT, THE MAIN LANDING GEAR GOT BOGGED DOWN IN SOME SOFT GROUND AND THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED FORWARD AND LANDED ON ITS BACK. THE PILOT STATED HE SUFFERED MINOR CUTS AND BRUISES, OTHERWISE OK. NO OTHER PERSONS OR PROPERTY WERE INVOLVED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB GAA16CA115](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA115), Jan 30, 2016: American Legend AL11C 100 (N24184), Las Animas, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for landing, resulting in a nose over.

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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