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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Kary Edmund G LANCAIR IV-P · Lakeland, FL · September 5, 2022

Date
September 5, 2022 · 10:37 local
Place
Lakeland, FL
Airport
Lakeland Linder International
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N57EK
Reported as
Kary Edmund G Lancair IV-P
Reported engine
Continental TSIO-550-C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
30,000 total

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What happened

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

On September 05, 2022, at 1037 EDT, aircraft privacy data omitted, an experimental amateur built Lancair IV-P, landed at Lakeland Linder International Airport (klal). The weather was clear and the runway was dry at klal. Upon touchdown on runway 28L the pilot noted a shimmy coming from the nose landing gear and pulled back on the controls to keep weight off of the nose gear. When the aircraft slowed and the nose landing gear came fully in contact with the runway, the shimmy became more violent and the nose landing gear collapsed. The aircraft nose dropped causing the propeller to strike the runway resulting in the engine stopping. A local maintenance facility was called to assist in removal of the aircraft from the runway. The aircraft was lifted, the nose landing gear extended, and was towed to the ramp. The pilot was the only person on board and was not injured.

As the FAA filed it

ON SEPTEMBER 05, 2022, AT 1037 EDT, AIRCRAFT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, AN EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR BUILT LANCAIR IV-P, LANDED AT LAKELAND LINDER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KLAL). THE WEATHER WAS CLEAR AND THE RUNWAY WAS DRY AT KLAL. UPON TOUCHDOWN ON RUNWAY 28L THE PILOT NOTED A SHIMMY COMING FROM THE NOSE LANDING GEAR AND PULLED BACK ON THE CONTROLS TO KEEP WEIGHT OFF OF THE NOSE GEAR. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT SLOWED AND THE NOSE LANDING GEAR CAME FULLY IN CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY, THE SHIMMY BECAME MORE VIOLENT AND THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. THE AIRCRAFT NOSE DROPPED CAUSING THE PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE RUNWAY RESULTING IN THE ENGINE STOPPING. A LOCAL MAINTENANCE FACILITY WAS CALLED TO ASSIST IN REMOVAL OF THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIFTED, THE NOSE LANDING GEAR EXTENDED, AND WAS TOWED TO THE RAMP. THE PILOT WAS THE ONLY PERSON ON BOARD AND WAS NOT INJURED.