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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bruns Gregory LANCAIR 320 · Spartanburg, SC · November 3, 2018

Date
November 3, 2018 · 10:00 local
Place
Spartanburg, SC
Airport
Spartanburg Downtown Memorial
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N420GB
Reported as
Bruns Gregory Lancair 320
Reported engine
Lycoming O-320
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
3,000 total62 in this make and model31 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

N420GB was landing runway 23 (spa) and during roll out the aircraft drifted off the right side of the runway. The aircraft ran through some soft red clay then ended up on the taxi way. When the aircraft came onto the taxiway, the nose gear collapsed and the left and right landing gear were sheared off at the axles.

As the FAA filed it

N420GB WAS LANDING RUNWAY 23 (SPA) AND DURING ROLL OUT THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT RAN THROUGH SOME SOFT RED CLAY THEN ENDED UP ON THE TAXI WAY. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT CAME ONTO THE TAXIWAY, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE LEFT AND RIGHT LANDING GEAR WERE SHEARED OFF AT THE AXLES.