# Incident 20220805022689I: Lancair Company LC42-550FG, Atlanta, GA, August 5, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 2022, 12:00 local time
- Place: Atlanta, GA
- Airport: Dekalb-Peachtree
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8760° N, 84.3020° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DEKALB-PEACHTREE (PDK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8760&lon=-84.3020&mi=10
- Aircraft: N241EB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N241EB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lancair LC42-550FG (registry code 5150002, https://openairdocs.org/model/lancair-lc42-550fg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LANCAIR COMPANY LC42-550FG
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220805022689I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED PDK FOR FLIGHT TO GVL. PILOT DID NOT LAND AT GVL AND DECIDED TO RETURN BACK TO PDK. WHILE DESCENDING TO LAND AT PDK, AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A BIRD STRIKE ON THE LEFT WING. NO LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS EXPERIENCE AND AIRCRAFT HAD AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING AT PDK. A POST INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT REVEALED BLOOD SPATTER AND A SMALL CRACK (ABOVE 4 INCHES IN LENGTH) IN THE CARBON FIBER OF THE WING. NO INJURIES HAD OCCURRED.

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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