# Accident 20210728023039A: Kuykendall Charles LANCAIR IV, Indian Springs, NV, July 28, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 2021, 09:09 local time
- Place: Indian Springs, NV
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.5635° N, 115.6158° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.5635&lon=-115.6158&mi=10
- Aircraft: N26PD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N26PD-2021-11-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Kuykendall Charles LANCAIR IV (registry code 05602R4, https://openairdocs.org/model/kuykendall-charles-lancair-iv) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: KUYKENDALL CHARLES LANCAIR IV
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR21LA294](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21LA294) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210728023039A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 28, 2021, AT APPROXIMATELY 0909 PDT, THE LAS VEGAS FLIGHT STANDARDS DISTRICT OFFICE RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF A PART 91 CRASH, INVOLVING A 1996 KUYKENDALL CHARLES LANCAIR IV SINGLE ENGINE AIRPLANE, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.  THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED AFTER ATTEMPTING AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON U.S. 95, APPROXIMATELY THIRTEEN MILES NORTH OF INDIAN SPRINGS, NEVADA.

INITIAL INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE AIRCRAFT ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON THE NORTHBOUND LANES OF U.S.95 WITH THE LANDING GEAR UPRIGHT.  THE AIRCRAFT SLID APPROXIMATELY 700 FEET ON THE HIGHWAY BEFORE COMING TO A STOP IN THE DESERT MEDIAN BETWEEN THE NORTHBOUND AND SOUTHBOUND LANES. THE PILOT WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT AND DID NOT SUFFER ANY INJURIES FROM THE CRASH.

AN INVESTIGATION OF THE SCENE REVEALED THAT THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE ASPHALT AFTER INITIAL CONTACT AND THE AIRCRAFT ENGULFED IN FLAMES AFTER THE PILOT EXITED.  THE AIRCRAFT?S FIBERGLASS BODY WAS DESTROYED AFT OF THE ENGINE FIREWALL.  NTSB DID NOT RETAIN THE WRECKAGE FOR FURTHER EXAMINATION.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB WPR21LA294](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21LA294), Jul 28, 2021: Kuykendall Charles Lancair IV (N26PD), Indian Springs, NV, destroyed. Probable cause: An in-flight fire due to an undetermined electrical malfunction.

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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