# Incident 20180813024679I: Scales Lowell D LANCAIR 320, Burlington, VT, August 13, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 13, 2018, 11:50 local time
- Place: Burlington, VT
- Airport: Burlington International Airpo
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.4924° N, 73.2395° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Burlington, VT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.4924&lon=-73.2395&mi=10
- Aircraft: N91LS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N91LS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Scales Lowell D LANCAIR 320 (registry code 0561849, https://openairdocs.org/model/scales-lowell-d-lancair-320) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCALES LOWELL D LANCAIR 320
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180813024679I

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 13TH N91LS DEPARTED KBTV WITH^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ (PILOT) AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ (PASSENGER) FOR BASIN HARBOR (B06).  THE WIND WAS OUT OF THE SOUTH AND A BRIEFING WAS OBTAINED VIA FOREFLIGHT.

ONE OVERFLIGHT OF THE FIELD THEN A LEFT NORMAL PATTERN APPROACH TO RUNWAY 20 AT BASIN HARBOR WAS FLOWN.  UPON INITIAL TOUCHDOWN A LOUD ?THUNK? WAS HEARD FOLLOWED BY A JERK TO THE LEFT. POWER WAS APPLIED AND A GO-AROUND WAS INITIATED.  THE CLIMB OUT AND GEAR RETRACTION WAS NORMAL. ON DOWNWIND FOR A SUBSEQUENT APPROACH IT WAS NOTED THAT THERE WAS NO LEFT BRAKE PRESSURE AND IT WAS DECIDED TO FLY BACK TO KBTV FOR THE TOWER TO INSPECT THE LEFT GEAR.

THE KBTV TOWER REPORTED THERE WAS NO TIRE/WHEEL ON THE LEFT SIDE.

AN INITIAL NORMAL APPROACH TO RWY 15 WAS FLOWN, BUT THE PILOT ABORTED THE LANDING BECAUSE THERE WAS AN AIRLINER DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE RUNWAY.   THE AIRLINER WAS MOVED BACK AND A SECOND APPROACH WAS FLOWN. THE RIGHT SIDE WAS SET DOWN FIRST, THE ENGINE WAS CUT OFF AND CANOPY OPENED, THE PLANE WAS TILTED TO THE RIGHT WITH LEFT RUDDER HELD ON ROLL-OUT AND AT ABOUT 20 KTS, THE LEFT SIDE UNEVENTFULLY TOUCHED DOWN ON THE STUB OF ALUMINUM JUST ABOVE THE AXLE ATTACH POINT. NOTHING ON THE AIRFRAME TOUCHED THE GROUND.   THE PLANE STOPPED SHORTLY THEREAFTER WITHOUT EVENT. THE LEFT GEAR WAS PLACED ON A DOLLY AND THE PLANE MOVED FROM THE RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N91LS (1)

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

- [Incident 20230426005399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230426005399I), Apr 26, 2023: Scales Lowell D LANCAIR 320 (N91LS), El Paso, TX, Minor damage. On April 26, 2023, at 2306L MST, a Lancair 320, owned and operated by a commercial pilot departed lubbock international airport (klbb) for El Paso…

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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