# Incident 20180126001229I: 2017 Howard Thomas J Jr HOWARD CANARD, Lancaster, CA, January 26, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 26, 2018, 12:47 local time
- Place: Lancaster, CA
- Airport: General Wm J Fox Airfield
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7411° N, 118.2186° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GENERAL WM J FOX AIRFIELD (WJF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7411&lon=-118.2186&mi=10
- Aircraft: N999TH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N999TH-2025-01-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Howard Thomas J JR HOWARD CANARD (registry code 05636KR, https://openairdocs.org/model/howard-thomas-j-jr-howard-canard) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41585, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: 2017 HOWARD THOMAS J JR HOWARD CANARD
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,900 total, 5 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/20180126001229I

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 26, 2018, GENERAL WILLIAM J. FOX (WJF) ATCT, LANCASTER, CA, REPORTED AIRCRAFT REGISTRATION NUMBER N999TH, AN EXPERIMENTAL AIRPLANE, AMATEUR BUILT, SUSTAINED A GEAR COLLAPSE, UPON LANDING TOUCHDOWN ON RUNWAY 6. THE GEAR WAS PARTIALLY TORN OFF FROM THE AIRPLANE DURING THE LANDING, CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. ONE PERSON ON BOARD, WITH NO SUSTAINED INJURIES.

INSPECTOR SPOKE WITH PILOT ON JANUARY 30, 2018. PILOT STATED THE AIRCRAFT HAD RECENTLY BEEN CERTIFICATED AS AN EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR BUILT AIRCRAFT, AND CURRENTLY IN PHASE ONE TESTING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OPERATING LIMITATIONS. PILOT HAD JUST STARTED THE FLIGHT PORTION OF PHASE ONE OF THE OPERATING LIMITATIONS. PILOT STATED THE WINDS WERE GUSTING UPON APPROACH FOR LANDING ON WJF RUNWAY 6. PILOT STATED HE LANDED HARD ON THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR. THE BOLTS ATTACHING  THE WHEEL AND BRAKE TO THE STRUT FAILED. THE WHEEL AND BRAKE DEPARTED THE GEAR ASSEMBLY, AND STRUCK THE WOODEN PROPELLER. DAMAGE TO THE STRUT, MOUNTING, AND FUSELAGE ITSELF WAS ALSO NOTED IN PICTURES PROVIDED BY THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. THE AIRCRAFT DAMAGE IS REPAIRABLE , AND NOT CONSIDERED SUBSTANTIAL. OPERATIONS INSPECTOR WILL COUNSEL PILOT REGARDING THIS INCIDENT.

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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