What happened
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On September 25, 2020, civil experimental aircraft N35FW, a Williams industrial electronics, model: Lancair 235, serial number: 0119, was involved in an accident at Chester Airport (ksnc) located in Chester Connecticut. The aircraft was operated by registered owner, privacy data omitted. At approximately 1600 local time, privacy data omitted departed ksnc on a personal part 91 flight. He flew for approximately 20-30 minutes to the coast of Connecticut and back to ksnc following the river. privacy data omitted Performed a conventional approach to runway 17 and had a hard landing approximately 250 feet short of the runway threshold. Upon initial contact with the runway the left main landing gear wheel and tire assembly snapped off at the gear leg apex and departed the aircraft. The aircraft went partially airborne for approximately 300-400 feet before touching down again on the runway. After the second touch down, the aircraft veered off runway 17 to the southeast and slid across the grass and then down an embankment for approximately 500 feet before impacting the last hangar and garage at the end of the first row of aircraft hangars. The aircrafts? Left wing impacted the hangar first and then spun the nose and right wing into the hangar where the aircraft came to rest. The impact with the hangar and adjacent garage door caused substantial damage to the left wing, right wing and fractured the aft three (3) feet of the empennage turning it to the right approximately fourty five (45) degrees off the center line of the aircraft. No injuries were sustained by privacy data omitted and no other persons were involved in this accident.
As the FAA filed it
ON SEPTEMBER 25, 2020, CIVIL EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT N35FW, A WILLIAMS INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS, MODEL: LANCAIR 235, SERIAL NUMBER: 0119, WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AT CHESTER AIRPORT (KSNC) LOCATED IN CHESTER CONNECTICUT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATED BY REGISTERED OWNER, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. AT APPROXIMATELY 1600 LOCAL TIME, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED KSNC ON A PERSONAL PART 91 FLIGHT. HE FLEW FOR APPROXIMATELY 20-30 MINUTES TO THE COAST OF CONNECTICUT AND BACK TO KSNC FOLLOWING THE RIVER. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PERFORMED A CONVENTIONAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 17 AND HAD A HARD LANDING APPROXIMATELY 250 FEET SHORT OF THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD. UPON INITIAL CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR WHEEL AND TIRE ASSEMBLY SNAPPED OFF AT THE GEAR LEG APEX AND DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT WENT PARTIALLY AIRBORNE FOR APPROXIMATELY 300-400 FEET BEFORE TOUCHING DOWN AGAIN ON THE RUNWAY. AFTER THE SECOND TOUCH DOWN, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF RUNWAY 17 TO THE SOUTHEAST AND SLID ACROSS THE GRASS AND THEN DOWN AN EMBANKMENT FOR APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET BEFORE IMPACTING THE LAST HANGAR AND GARAGE AT THE END OF THE FIRST ROW OF AIRCRAFT HANGARS. THE AIRCRAFTS? LEFT WING IMPACTED THE HANGAR FIRST AND THEN SPUN THE NOSE AND RIGHT WING INTO THE HANGAR WHERE THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST. THE IMPACT WITH THE HANGAR AND ADJACENT GARAGE DOOR CAUSED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING, RIGHT WING AND FRACTURED THE AFT THREE (3) FEET OF THE EMPENNAGE TURNING IT TO THE RIGHT APPROXIMATELY FOURTY FIVE (45) DEGREES OFF THE CENTER LINE OF THE AIRCRAFT. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND NO OTHER PERSONS WERE INVOLVED IN THIS ACCIDENT.
NTSB investigation
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