# Incident 20190125009539I: Krugel Irwin A LANCAIR 320, Henderson, NV, January 25, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 25, 2019, 09:22 local time
- Place: Henderson, NV
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0397° N, 114.9819° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Henderson, NV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0397&lon=-114.9819&mi=10
- Aircraft: N486K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N486K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Krugel Irwin A LANCAIR 320 (registry code 05616RO, https://openairdocs.org/model/krugel-irwin-a-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: KRUGEL IRWIN A LANCAIR 320
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,170 total, 38 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190125009539I

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 25, 2019 AT APPROXIMATELY 0925 PST, A 2005 LANCAIR 320 (N486K), TWOSEAT, LOWWING SINGLE ENGINE (RECIPROCATING), TRICYCLE RETRACTABLE GEAR AIRCRAFT,  ATTEMPTED TO LAND AT HENDERSON (KHND) AIRPORT ON RWY 35L WHEN THE AIRCRAFT NOSE WHEEL IMPACTED THE RUNWAY CAUSING IT TO SEPARATE FROM THE STRUT ASSEMBLY APPROXIMATELY 1675 FEET FROM RWY 35L THRESHOLD.

THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED ON THE NOSE STRUT AND MAIN GEAR FOR APPROXIMATELY 1600 FEET BEFORE COMING TO REST ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY NORTH OF TAXIWAY D.

DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT CONSISTED OF NOSE WHEEL SEPARATION AND SUBSEQUENT STRUT DAMAGE FROM IMPACT AND SLIDING ON THE RUNWAY. THERE WAS PROPELLER DAMAGE TO BOTH TIPS DUE TO MULTIPLE PROPELER STRIKES. NO FUEL/OIL/OTHER FLUID SPILLS OCCURRED.

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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