# Incident 20180812018849I: Vanosdol David LANCAIR 320, Taos, NM, August 12, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 2018, 13:50 local time
- Place: Taos, NM
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.3871° N, 105.5808° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Taos, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3871&lon=-105.5808&mi=10
- Aircraft: N360DB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N360DB-2020-08-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Vanosdol David LANCAIR 320 (registry code 05626B1, https://openairdocs.org/model/vanosdol-david-lancair-320) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: VANOSDOL DAVID LANCAIR 320
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,250 total, 550 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180812018849I

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 12, 2018, AT 1350 MDT, AN EXPERIMENTAL LANCAIR 320, N360DB, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LANDED GEAR UP AT TAOS REGIONAL AIRPORT (KSKX) ON RUNWAY 22 IN TAOS, NM, WHILE ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS

PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGED, AND THE PRIVATE PILOT AND HIS SINGLE PASSENGER EXPERIENCED NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN SAN DIEGO, CA, (KMNY) ON AUGUST 12, 2018 AT 0925 PDT.

## Other reports on N360DB (2)

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

- [Incident 20090207002959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090207002959I), Feb 7, 2009: Vanosd LANCAIR320 (N360DB), Toms River, NJ, Minor damage. (-23) [privacy data omitted] stated he had not aligned the aircraft with the runway properly before touchdown. Consequently, the side load on the nose gear…
- [Incident 19961221041929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961221041929I), Dec 21, 1996: Amtr LANCAIR (N360DB), Las Vegas, NV, Minor damage. Downdraft on approach. Impacted short runway. Broke left main. Made go around to runway 25 gear up. Blamed windshear

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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