# Incident 20180609013019I: Langley James B LIGHNING, Hadley, PA, June 9, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 9, 2018, 08:45 local time
- Place: Hadley, PA
- Airport: Fletcher
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4419° N, 80.1554° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Fletcher Airport (0PN0), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4419&lon=-80.1554&mi=10
- Aircraft: N730AL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N730AL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Langley James B LIGHNING (registry code 05624PI, https://openairdocs.org/model/langley-james-b-lighning) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Jabiru 3300 (registry code 34801, https://openairdocs.org/engine/jabiru-3300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LANGLEY JAMES B LIGHNING
- Reported engine: JABIRU 3300
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180609013019I

## Narrative

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

ON ROLLOUT, THE AIRCRAFT FAILED TO TAKEOFF. THE PILOT ABORTED ON A GRASS FIELD RESULTING IN THE NOSE GEAR BUCKLING AND A PROP STRIKE IN HIGH GRASS (30 INCHES).

## Other reports on N730AL (1)

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

- [Incident 20200630008269I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200630008269I), Jun 30, 2020: Langley James B LIGHNING (N730AL), Dubois, PA, Minor damage. On 06/30/2020, N730, at 1230Z, an experimental, built Langley James B, (arion), lightning lost engine power on a flight from venango regional airport (kfkl),…

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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