# Incident 20160218001059I: Cooper John H LANCAIR 235, Ashville, NC, February 18, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 18, 2016, 12:10 local time
- Place: Ashville, NC
- Airport: Asheville Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4361° N, 82.5420° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ASHEVILLE RGNL (AVL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4361&lon=-82.5420&mi=10
- Aircraft: N10CF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N10CF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cooper John H LANCAIR 235 (registry code 05628W5, https://openairdocs.org/model/cooper-john-h-lancair-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-290-D2 (registry code 42090, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-290-d2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: COOPER JOHN H LANCAIR 235
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 507 total, 110 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160218001059I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE WAS PRACTICING ENGINE OUT LANDINGS AND THAT THIS CHANGED HIS NORMAL LANDING ROUTINE. HE SUBSEQUENTLY FORGOT TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR AND LANDED WITH THE GEAR RETRACTED.  AFTER RAISING THE AIRCRAFT, WHEN THE LANDING GEAR SELECTOR HANDLE WAS MOVED TO THE EXTEND POSITION, THE LANDING GEAR EXTENDED NORMALLY. THE PILOT SAID THAT HE HAD NO PREIMPACT MECHANICAL MALFUNCTIONS. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIMITED TO THE LOWER ENGINE COWLING, LEFT AND RIGHT LOWER MAIN LANDING GEAR DOORS, AND LEFT AND RIGHT BRAKE ROTORS AND CALIPERS.

## Other reports on N10CF (1)

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

- [Accident 20260612006799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260612006799A), Jun 12, 2026: Cooper John H LANCAIR 235 (N10CF), Hillsboro, OR, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Aicraft was unable to gain altitude and descinded into terrain. Prior to impact aircraft contacted several high shrubs. Post crash fire consumed 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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