# Accident 20180114000839A: Geldermann Bert E LANCAIR LEGACY, Friday Harbor, WA, January 14, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 14, 2018, 16:30 local time
- Place: Friday Harbor, WA
- Airport: Firday Harbor
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.5222° N, 123.0244° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.5222&lon=-123.0244&mi=10
- Aircraft: N145JG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N145JG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Geldermann Bert E LANCAIR LEGACY (registry code 05618PC, https://openairdocs.org/model/geldermann-bert-e-lancair-legacy) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GELDERMANN BERT E LANCAIR LEGACY
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,650 total, 250 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA18CA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA104) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180114000839A

## Narrative

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

DURING TAXI, AIRCRAFT CONOPY BECAME FOGGED UP, PILOT RELEASED THE CANOPY TO REDUCE FOG, ONCE GONE, PILOT RELATCHED CANOPY. A/C TOOK OFF, SHORTLY AFTER TAKE OFF, CANOPY BCAME UNLATCHED AND OPENDED, THIS CASUED A LOT OF TUBULENCE IN COKPIT, ALSO CANOPY BEING UP, PILOT HAD NO FORWARD VISABLITY. PILOT MANAGERED TO GET A/C AROUND TO TRY LANDING BACK ON RUNWAY, AS PILOT GOT AIRCRAFT TO DOWN FOR LANDING DUE TO VISIBLITY OF THE CNAOPY HE COULD NOT JUDGE THE GROUND, THE AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR IMPACTED TO GROUND SHEARING OFF, A/C SLID FOR ABOUT 450 FEET ON BELLY AND CAME TO REST,

LATER IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE DOG ON BOARD AND BY LEANING UP AGAIST A LATCH RELEASE IN THE BACK AREA, THE CANOPY CAME UN LATCHED AND POPPED OPEN.

## 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 GAA18CA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA104), Jan 15, 2018: Geldermann Bert E Lancair Legacy (N145JG), Friday Harbor, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inability to maintain the landing flare, which resulted in the airplane landing hard short of the runway. Contributing to the accident was the cockpit canopy opening in flight.

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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