# Accident 20240422003879A: Longwill Neal K LANCAIR LEGACY FG, Spicewood, TX, April 22, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 22, 2024, 18:25 local time
- Place: Spicewood, TX
- Airport: Spicewood Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.4731° N, 98.1203° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4731&lon=-98.1203&mi=10
- Aircraft: N550NL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N550NL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Longwill Neal K LANCAIR LEGACY FG (registry code 05619EJ, https://openairdocs.org/model/longwill-neal-k-lancair-legacy-fg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LONGWILL NEAL K LANCAIR LEGACY FG
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN24FA164](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24FA164) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240422003879A

## Narrative

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

WHILE PERFORMING TOUCH AND GOES AT SPICEWOOD AIRPORT, PIC ENTERED AN UNSTABLE APPROACH JUST BEFORE TOUCHDOWN. PIC DECIDED TO MAKE A GO AROUND AND PULLED THE AIRCRAFT ATTITUDE UP AND HAD HIS LEFT WING LOW. PIC APPLIED FULL POWER RESULTING IN THE AIRCRAFT CLIMBING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. AIRCRAFT ROLLED LEFT AND CAME DOWN ABOUT 150 YARDS FROM THE RUNWAY STRIKING THE GROUND INVERTED WITH THE LEFT-WING TIP AND NOSE STRIKING FIRST. AIRCRAFT THEN TURNED UP RIGHT AND ROTATED 90 DEGREES BEFORE COMING TO A REST. POST CRASH FIRE RESULTED AFTER IMPACT. AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN24FA164](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24FA164), Apr 22, 2024: Lancair Legacy FG (N550NL), Spicewood, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to properly configure the airplane during a go-around in gusting wind conditions, and his subsequent exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack, which resulted in an…

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.