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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Downing C E/Murphy J L JR GLASAIR RG · Lakeport, CA · March 26, 2024

Date
March 26, 2024 · 14:10 local
Place
Lakeport, CA
Airport
Lampson
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N264DM
Reported as
Downing C E/Murphy J L JR Glasair RG
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,274 total

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 stated that after a normal touchdown, the airplane started to slowly drift to the right.

The pilot then corrected with differential braking while also braking to reduce speed. The plane then started tracking slightly left. To keep the plane centered the pilot applied left and right braking. On reduction of left brake, the left main landing gear collapsed. The left-wing tip, aileron, and flap contacted the runway while the aircraft traveled gradually to the right and off of the runway. The right main landing gear striked a runway edge marking light and collapsed the right main landing gear. The aircraft came to a rest in a nose high attitude with the engine at idle. It setted in the grass near the edge of the runway. According to the pilot, upon the post incident examination of the left main landing gear, it indicates that the side brace stud on the gear leg partially separated from the gear leg at the weld.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STATED THAT AFTER A NORMAL TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRPLANE STARTED TO SLOWLY DRIFT TO THE RIGHT.

THE PILOT THEN CORRECTED WITH DIFFERENTIAL BRAKING WHILE ALSO BRAKING TO REDUCE SPEED. THE PLANE THEN STARTED TRACKING SLIGHTLY LEFT. TO KEEP THE PLANE CENTERED THE PILOT APPLIED LEFT AND RIGHT BRAKING. ON REDUCTION OF LEFT BRAKE, THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. THE LEFT-WING TIP, AILERON, AND FLAP CONTACTED THE RUNWAY WHILE THE AIRCRAFT TRAVELED GRADUALLY TO THE RIGHT AND OFF OF THE RUNWAY. THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR STRIKED A RUNWAY EDGE MARKING LIGHT AND COLLAPSED THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A REST IN A NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE WITH THE ENGINE AT IDLE. IT SETTED IN THE GRASS NEAR THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, UPON THE POST INCIDENT EXAMINATION OF THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR, IT INDICATES THAT THE SIDE BRACE STUD ON THE GEAR LEG PARTIALLY SEPARATED FROM THE GEAR LEG AT THE WELD.