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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Jeffrey B Peterson LANCAIR 360 · Linden, NJ · April 6, 2024

Date
April 6, 2024 · 04:15 local
Place
Linden, NJ
Airport
Linden
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N273CK
Reported as
Jeffrey B Peterson Lancair 360
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,541 total861 in this make and model25 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.

A hard landing broke the shock absorber mount points in the landing gear, causing a partial main-gear collapse on both sides. The gear doors kept the aircraft fuselage, wings, flaps, and propeller from contacting the runway.  The rudder made contact and was slightly damaged. The nose wheel fork was bent. There were no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

A HARD LANDING BROKE THE SHOCK ABSORBER MOUNT POINTS IN THE LANDING GEAR, CAUSING A PARTIAL MAIN-GEAR COLLAPSE ON BOTH SIDES. THE GEAR DOORS KEPT THE AIRCRAFT FUSELAGE, WINGS, FLAPS, AND PROPELLER FROM CONTACTING THE RUNWAY.  THE RUDDER MADE CONTACT AND WAS SLIGHTLY DAMAGED. THE NOSE WHEEL FORK WAS BENT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.