# Accident 20240629008179A: American Air Racing Inc LANCAIR IVP, Midland, TX, June 29, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 29, 2024, 16:45 local time
- Place: Midland, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.0000° N, 102.0000° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.0000&lon=-102.0000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N451M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N451M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: American Air Racing LANCAIR IVP (registry code 05618RT, https://openairdocs.org/model/american-air-racing-lancair-ivp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-550 series (registry code 17043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMERICAN AIR RACING INC LANCAIR IVP
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-550 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 6,359 total, 978 in this make and model, 131 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN24LA247](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA247) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240629008179A

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 29, 2024, AT 1645 CDT, A LANCAIR IV, REGISTERED TO A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL, LANDED GEAR UP AT MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL AIR AND SPACE PORT (MAF) IN MIDLAND, TX.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A PART 91 FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED, AND THE CERTIFICATED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM SULPHUR SPRINGS (SLR) MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, SULPHUR SPRINGS, TX ON JUNE 29, 2024, AT 1350 CDT.

## 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 CEN24LA247](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA247), Jun 29, 2024: American Air Racing Lancair IVP (N451M), Midland, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to extend and verify landing gear extension which resulted in a wheels-up landing. Contributing was the increased workload due to several airplane issues that occurred during the…

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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