# Incident 20171027020399I: Siemens Jim LANCAIR 320, Mesa, AZ, October 27, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 27, 2017, 08:05 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Airport: Falcon Fld
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4608° N, 111.7283° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FALCON FLD (FFZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4608&lon=-111.7283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N364JS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N364JS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Siemens Jim LANCAIR 320 (registry code 05616K9, https://openairdocs.org/model/siemens-jim-lancair-320) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SIEMENS JIM LANCAIR 320
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER A&C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,575 total, 450 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171027020399I

## Narrative

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

ON 10/27/2016 AT 0805 MST N364JS, LANCAIR 320, SERIAL NUMBER 001J, ATTEMPTED TO LAND AT FALCON FIELD (FFZ) ON RWY 4L WHEN THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO SLIDE ON THE NOSE ACROSS THE RUNWAY IN WHICH THE PROP BLADES STRUCK THE PAVEMENT MULTIPLE TIME BREAKING OFF THE BLADES.   A HOLE IN THE LOWER ENGINE COWLING JUST IN FRONT OF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR BAY WAS WORN THROUGH DUE TO THE SLIDING EFFECT ACROSS THE GROUND.  NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED TO THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WHEEL BAY OR THE REST OF THE AIRCRAFT.  AFTER SPEAKING WITH THE PILOT HE STATED HE EXPERIENCED A LANDING GEAR ISSUE AND COULD NOT GET A DOWN A LOCKED INDICATION AND THE PILOT DEPLOYED THE EMERGENCY EXTENSION BOTTLE AND PROCEEDED TO LINE UP TO LAND ON RWY 4.  UPON TOUCH DOWN THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.  THIS AIRCRAFT IS CERTIFICATED AS EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR BUILT.  LAST CONDITION INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED IN MARCH OF 2017.

## Other reports on N364JS (1)

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

- [Incident 20130503007229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130503007229I), May 3, 2013: Siemens Jim LANCAIR 320 (N364JS), Boulder, CO, Minor damage. On 05/03/2013 at approximately 1730 hrs. MDT, N364JS, an experimental amateur-built Lancair 320 aircraft sustained minor damage while landing at Boulder,…

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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