# Incident 20210812014289I: Johnson Leeman LANCAIR IV P, Asheville, NC, August 12, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 2021, 15:45 local time
- Place: Asheville, NC
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6009° N, 82.5540° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Asheville, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6009&lon=-82.5540&mi=10
- Aircraft: N27EL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N27EL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Johnson Leeman LANCAIR IV P (registry code 05611JG, https://openairdocs.org/model/johnson-leeman-lancair-iv-p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: JOHNSON LEEMAN LANCAIR IV P
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,600 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210812014289I

## Narrative

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

ACFT TOOK OFF FROM FALCON FIELD, ATLANTA ENROUTE TO AVL (HOME AIRPORT). TOWER CONTACTED INDIVIDUAL PRIOR TO LANDING TO EXPEDITE RUNWAY TIME DUE TO A COMMERCIAL JET TAKING OFF. PILOT STATED HE SAID HE COULD MAKE TAXIWAY A4, HE LANDED SHORT TO MINIMIZE TIME ON RUNWAY. TOWER AGAIN CONTACTED INDIVIDUAL TO SEE IF THEY COULD MAKE TAXIWAY EXIT A4, PILOT AFFIRMED ACTION. PILOT ALSO STATED SEEMED AS IF THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH AIRCRAFT, COULD HAVE BEEN BRAKING OR NOSE WHEEL, ALSO INDICATED SPEED WAS LOWERED TO SUFFICIENTLY MAKE THE TURN OFF. DUE TO NOT SUFFICIENTLY BRAKING, PILOT MADE A WIDER TURN AND MISSED TAXIWAY, RAN OFF EDGE WITH NOSEWHEEL AND LEFT MAIN. WHEN HE APPLIED POWER TO CONTINUE WITH THE TURN AND RETURN TO TAXIWAY (ASPHALT), THIS IS WHEN THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE PROP STRUCK THE GROUND. AIRCRAFT ENDED ON ACTIVE TAXIWAY AT HOLD SHORT LINE. AIRCRAFT TOWED AND CURRENTLY IN MAINTENANCE AT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. 8/20/21 - CALLED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ MAINTENANCE FACILITY IN AVL TO GET EXTENT OF DAMAGE TO DETERMINE SUBSTANTIAL OR NOT. PHOTOS OF THE AIRCRAFT WERE EMAILED. AIRCRAFT HAD NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE - ENGINE AND PROP REMOVED FOR REPAIR, REPLACEMENT AND/OR OVERHAUL.

NO ANSWERED TO ALL 9 AREAS OF RESPONSIBLITY IN BLOCK #42.

SAS TASK # T-EA68-FY21-1605

SAS ACTIVITY # EA68202200214

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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