20221018016369I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Sands James E LANCAIR/360 · Pacoima, CA · October 18, 2022

Date
October 18, 2022 · 09:02 local
Place
Pacoima, CA
Airport
Whiteman Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N62HU
Reported as
Sands James E Lancair/360
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360F1A6
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, sport pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,977 total340 in this make and model24 in the last 90 days

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.

Pilot of aircraft, Lancair 360, made a hard landing at Whiteman Airport. The aircraft bounced and ultimately skidded down the runway hitting a runway light and veering off the runway coming to rest in the dirt. The initial impact caused the left main landing gear to break above the axle. The secondary bounce landing resulted in the nose gear separation at the strut.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT OF AIRCRAFT, LANCAIR 360, MADE A HARD LANDING AT WHITEMAN AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AND ULTIMATELY SKIDDED DOWN THE RUNWAY HITTING A RUNWAY LIGHT AND VEERING OFF THE RUNWAY COMING TO REST IN THE DIRT. THE INITIAL IMPACT CAUSED THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR TO BREAK ABOVE THE AXLE. THE SECONDARY BOUNCE LANDING RESULTED IN THE NOSE GEAR SEPARATION AT THE STRUT.