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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Fred B Benson LANCAIR 4 P · Gypsum, CO · August 14, 2021

Date
August 14, 2021 · 13:15 local
Place
Gypsum, CO
Airport
Eagle County
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N377PC
Reported as
Fred B Benson Lancair 4 P
Reported engine
Continental TSIO-550 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Normal touchdown at 85-90 KIAS. Nose gear contacted runway and retracted back into gear well. Prop contacted runway. Pilot shut down engine. Pilot and passenger evacuated aircraft. No injuries to pilot or passenger. Minor damage to aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

NORMAL TOUCHDOWN AT 85-90 KIAS. NOSE GEAR CONTACTED RUNWAY AND RETRACTED BACK INTO GEAR WELL. PROP CONTACTED RUNWAY. PILOT SHUT DOWN ENGINE. PILOT AND PASSENGER EVACUATED AIRCRAFT. NO INJURIES TO PILOT OR PASSENGER. MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT.