# Incident 20181215023249I: Froelich Robert E LANCAIR IV, Bountiful, UT, December 15, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 15, 2018, 11:55 local time
- Place: Bountiful, UT
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8725° N, 111.8612° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bountiful, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8725&lon=-111.8612&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4YX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4YX) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Froelich Robert E LANCAIR IV (registry code 05601FK, https://openairdocs.org/model/froelich-robert-e-lancair-iv) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-550-B (registry code 17245, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-550-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FROELICH ROBERT E LANCAIR IV
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-550-B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 26,263 total, 1 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181215023249I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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