# Incident 20220407006099I: Chase James W LANCAIR IV-P, Lafayette, LA, April 7, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 7, 2022, 10:35 local time
- Place: Lafayette, LA
- Airport: Lafayette Regional/Paul Fournet Fl
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.2241° N, 92.0198° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lafayette, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2241&lon=-92.0198&mi=10
- Aircraft: N994P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N994P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Chase James W LANCAIR IV-P (registry code 05627V8, https://openairdocs.org/model/chase-james-w-lancair-iv-p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-550 series (registry code 17043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CHASE JAMES W LANCAIR IV-P
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-550 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 292 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220407006099I

## Narrative

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

ON 4/07/2022, A LANCAIR IPV AIRCRAFT WITH N REGISTRATION N994P WAS BEING OPERATED BY A COMMERCAIL PILOT TRAVELING FROM ADDISON TEXAS TO LAFAYATTE LOUISIANA WITH 1 PASSENGER ON BOARD. AT AROUND 1000 AM LOCAL TIME, AS THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON THE RUNWAY, THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT PROPELLER, LANDING GEAR STRUT AND LOWER BODY FAIRING/COWLINGS AND NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR PASSENGER ON BOARD.

## Other reports on N994P (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20231213018699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231213018699I), Dec 13, 2023: Chase James W. LANCAIR IV-P (N994P), Laredo, TX, Minor damage. Pilot indicated he was on ILS approach, he placed gear handle down. Left main landing gear would not extend. Pilot performed a go-around and ATC confirmed that…

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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