# Incident 20240607007089I: Bloodworth Tommy LANCAIR IV-P, Knoxville, TN, June 7, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 7, 2024, 10:48 local time
- Place: Knoxville, TN
- Airport: Mcgee Tyson
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9606° N, 83.9207° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Knoxville, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9606&lon=-83.9207&mi=10
- Aircraft: N24PX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N24PX) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bloodworth Tommy LANCAIR IV-P (registry code 0561405, https://openairdocs.org/model/bloodworth-tommy-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: BLOODWORTH TOMMY LANCAIR IV-P
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-550 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240607007089I

## Narrative

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

RUNWAY 5R-23L WAS INCIDENT SITE.  PILOT STATED AT 50 KNOTS DURING TAKEOFF ROLL HE FELT A SHUTTER IN THE AIRCRAFT AND THE NOSE WHEEL COLLASPED.  PILOT ON INTERVIEW THOUGHT HE HAD A NOSE WHEEL TIRE FLAT; I VERIFIED THAT THE TIRE WAS INFLATED.

INITIAL MARKS ON RUNWAY TO STOPPING POINT WAS 544FT.

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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