20181215023249I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Froelich Robert E LANCAIR IV · Bountiful, UT · December 15, 2018

Date: December 15, 2018 · 11:55 local
Place: Bountiful, UT
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N4YX
Reported as: Froelich Robert E Lancair IV
Reported engine: Continental TSIO-550-B
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours: 26,263 total1 in this make and model32 in the last 90 days

N4YXRegistered now · Froelich Robert E LANCAIR IVS/N LIV 017 · Built 2015 Airframe modelFroelich Robert E LANCAIR IV Engine modelContinental TSIO-550-BReciprocating

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.

According to the pilot, "on 12/15/2018 at approximately at 1155 mountain standard time (MST) a Froelich Robert E. Lancair IV was returning from flight and lined up on runway 35 at around 80 KIAS. Touchdown was normal and smooth, but when I lowered the nose to the runway I felt the nose gear touch followed by it continuing to collapse with parts of the shattering prop scattered about as we slid to a stop. Two personnel were on board with no injuries." No mechanical failure could be identified.

As the FAA filed it

ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, "ON 12/15/2018 AT APPROXIMATELY AT 1155 MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME (MST) A FROELICH ROBERT E. LANCAIR IV WAS RETURNING FROM FLIGHT AND LINED UP ON RUNWAY 35 AT AROUND 80 KIAS. TOUCHDOWN WAS NORMAL AND SMOOTH, BUT WHEN I LOWERED THE NOSE TO THE RUNWAY I FELT THE NOSE GEAR TOUCH FOLLOWED BY IT CONTINUING TO COLLAPSE WITH PARTS OF THE SHATTERING PROP SCATTERED ABOUT AS WE SLID TO A STOP. TWO PERSONNEL WERE ON BOARD WITH NO INJURIES." NO MECHANICAL FAILURE COULD BE IDENTIFIED.