# Incident 20231213018699I: Chase James W. LANCAIR IV-P, Laredo, TX, December 13, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 13, 2023, 17:30 local time
- Place: Laredo, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.5064° N, 99.5075° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Laredo, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.5064&lon=-99.5075&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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 864 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231213018699I

## Narrative

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

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 THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR DID NOT COME DOWN.  PILOT INITIATED EMERGENCY LANDING GEAR EXTENSION PROCEDURE.

PILOT INDICATED THAT THE HAND PUMP WOULD NOT PUMP FLUID AND IT WOULD NOT COMPRESS DURING THE DOWN STROKE.

PILOT LANDED AIRCRAFT WITH NOSE AND RIGHT LANDING GEAR EXTENDED.  AIRCRAFT LANDED AND WENT OFF THE RUNWAY WITH MINIMAL STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.  LEFT WING TIP SUFFERED MOST DAMAGE FROM LANDING. PILOT AND PASSANGER DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N994P (1)

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

- [Incident 20220407006099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220407006099I), Apr 7, 2022: Chase James W LANCAIR IV-P (N994P), Lafayette, LA, Minor damage. 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…

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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