# Incident 20190324001929I: Tilley George LANCAIR 320, Newport News, VA, March 24, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 24, 2019, 14:21 local time
- Place: Newport News, VA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.9788° N, 76.4280° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Newport News, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9788&lon=-76.4280&mi=10
- Aircraft: N360GT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N360GT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Tilley George LANCAIR 320 (registry code 05626C5, https://openairdocs.org/model/tilley-george-lancair-320) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TILLEY GEORGE LANCAIR 320
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190324001929I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED HE WAS ON DOWNWIND WHEN HE FIRST PUT THE GEAR DOWN AND GOT ALL 3 GREEN AND EVERYTHING WAS FINE UNTIL HE TOUCHED DOWN.  AFTER TOUCHDOWN, WHILE SLOWING DOWN ON THE RUNWAY THE RIGHT WING STARTED TO DROP.  HE ADDED AILERON AND LOOKED AT THE GEAR INDICATION AND NOTICED OF RIGHT GREEN GEAR LIGHT WAS NOW OUT. HE ADDED POWER AND WENT AROUND. HE STATED THAT HE TROUBLE SHOT BY CYCLING THE GEAR A COUPLE TIMES, NONE OF WHICH BROUGHT THE RIGHT GEAR DOWN. HE THEN ATTEMPTED THE EMERGENCY FREE FALL SYSTEM WHICH ALSO DID NOT BRING THE RIGHT GEAR DOWN. HE SAID HE WAS THINKING MAYBE HE HAD A HYDRAULIC FLUID PROBLEM BECAUSE EACH TIME HE CYCLED THE GEAR, THE LEFT AND NOSE GEAR WERE ACTIVATING SLOWER AND SLOWER.  HE FLEW OVER THE TOWER TO CONFIRM HE DID NOT HAVE A RIGHT GEAR DOWN WHICH TOWER CONFIRMED.  HE THEN ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON THE LEFT MAIN AND NOSE GEAR.  HE SAID EVERYTHING WAS GOING GOOD AND INITIAL TOUCHDOWN, THEN SET THE RIGHT WING DOWN WHICH STARTED TO BRING THE AIRPLANE TO THE RIGHT.  AT THIS TIME THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND MADE THE AIRPLANE PULL FURTHER TO THE RIGHT.

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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