# Incident 20240307003249I: Jensen Art LANCAIR LEGACY, Billings, MT, March 7, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 7, 2024, 12:18 local time
- Place: Billings, MT
- Airport: Billings Logan International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.8078° N, 108.5435° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BILLINGS LOGAN INTL (BIL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8078&lon=-108.5435&mi=10
- Aircraft: N927J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N927J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Jensen ART LANCAIR LEGACY (registry code 05617DD, https://openairdocs.org/model/jensen-art-lancair-legacy) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: JENSEN ART LANCAIR LEGACY
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,380 total, 300 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240307003249I

## Narrative

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

DESCRIPTION OF THE DEVIATION:

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS OPERATED ON A VFR FLIGHT PLAN DEPARTING KBIL ON A LOCAL FLIGHT AFTER A NEW AVIONICS PACKAGE HAD BEEN INSTALLED. SHORTLY AFTER TAKE OFF, THE PILOT REALIZED THE TRIM SWITCH HAD BEEN WIRED OPPSITE OF NORMAL AND DECIDED TO RETURN TO THE AIRPORT. UPON ENTERING A DOWNWIND AND CONFIGURING FOR LANDING, THE PILOT DID NOT REMEMBER TO PUT THE LANDING GEAR DOWN OR COMPLETE A “GUMPS” CHECK AND LANDED AT KBIL ON RUNDWAY 28R WITH THE GEAR UP RESULTING IN MINOR DAMAGE.

CAUSAUL AND/OR CONTRIBUTING FACTORS:

THE PILOT STATED HE HAD A HIGH WORKLOAD AND DISTRACTION DUE TO THE BRAND NEW AND UNFAMILIAR AVIONICS PACKAGE THAT HAD BEEN INSTALLED AND THE ELECTRIC PITCH TRIM SWITCH THAT WAS WIRED BACKWARD CAUSING THE NOSE TO TRIM UP WHEN PRESSING FORWARD AND DOWN WHEN PULLING BACK ON THE SWITCH WHICH WAS THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT HE WAS USED TO. ADDITIONALLY, THE AUDIBLE GEAR WARNING WAS NOT ENABLED IN THE NEW GARMIN GLASS PANEL SO AFTER CONFIGURING FOR LANDING AND ON SHORT FINAL, THE PILOT DID NOT RECEIVE A WARNING THAT THE LANDING GEAR HAD NOT BEEN EXTENDED.

NO ATC ACTIONS CONTRIBUTORY TO THE EVENT.

NO RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SYSTEMIC CORRECTIVE ACTION.

ACTION TAKEN TO CORRECT PROBLEM AND PREVENT REOCCURANCE:

COMPLIANCE ACTION – COUNSELING. THE PILOT ACKNOWLEDGED THAT HE HAD A HIGH WORKLOAD DUE TO THE NEW AVIONICS AND THE PITCH TRIM NOT OPERATING IN THE MANNER THAT HE EXPECTED. THE PILOT WAS COUNSELED ON WORKLOAD MANAGEMENT, CHECKLIST USAGE AND CONTINUING CONTROLLED FLIGHT TO GIVE HIM TIME TO PROPERLY DIAGNOSE THE ISSUE, DEVELOP A PLAN AND CONFIGURE THE AIRCRAFT.

SAS RECORD #: NM05202401270

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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