# Incident 20180324010079I: Groshong Phillip S LEGACY, Eugene, OR, March 24, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 24, 2018, 12:24 local time
- Place: Eugene, OR
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.0521° N, 123.0868° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Eugene, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0521&lon=-123.0868&mi=10
- Aircraft: N307PM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N307PM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Groshong Phillip S LEGACY (registry code 05617A5, https://openairdocs.org/model/groshong-phillip-s-legacy) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GROSHONG PHILLIP S LEGACY
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 27,000 total, 287 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180324010079I

## Narrative

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

AT APPROX 1230 ON SATURDAY MARCH 24TH, PILOT  TAXIED OUT FOR TAKEOFF ON RUNWAY 16R. DURING TAKEOFF,  AT ABOUT 60 KNOTS THE NOSE DROPPED A COUPLE OF INCHES.  PILOT SUSPECTED A  BLOWN NOSE GEAR TIRE AND RETARDED THE THROTTLE TO IDLE AND BEGAN APPLYING THE BRAKES.  THE NOSE CONTINUED TO DROP AND THE PROPELLER BEGAN TO CONTACT THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO VEER TO THE RIGHT AS THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED FOLLOWED SHORTLY BY THE LEFT MAIN.  THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY MOSTLY ON ITS BELLY AT ABOUT 40 MPH AND CAME TO REST ABOUT 30 FEET FROM THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N307PM (1)

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

- [Incident 20201006016679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201006016679I), Oct 6, 2020: Groshong Phillip S LEGACY (N307PM), Hayden, CO, No damage. On October 6, 2020 at 1454 local time at hdn, aircraft N307PM, a Lancair Legacy, landed on closed by NOTAM runway 28, overflying a working crew at the approach…

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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