# Incident 20240719011299I: Discher Richard LIGHTNING, Crystal, MN, July 19, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 19, 2024, 15:00 local time
- Place: Crystal, MN
- Airport: Crystal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.0625° N, 93.3540° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CRYSTAL (MIC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.0625&lon=-93.3540&mi=10
- Aircraft: N830LW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N830LW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Discher Richard LIGHTNING (registry code 05628XR, https://openairdocs.org/model/discher-richard-lightning) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DISCHER RICHARD LIGHTNING
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 240 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240719011299I

## Narrative

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

DURING LANDING THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR LEG BROKE OFF AT MOUNTING BOLT HOLE. LEFT WING DRAGGED ON RUNWAY RESULTING IN MINOR DAMAGE TO WING TIP. PIC STATED HE FLARED A LITTLE HIGH AND THE LANDING WAS FIRMER THEN USUAL BUT NOT BAD.  THE MAIN LANDING GEAR LEG FRACTURED THROUGH THE UPPER OF 2 MOUNTING BOLT HOLES APPROXIMATELY ¾” FROM THE END OF THE LANDING GEAR TUBE PERPENDICULAR TO THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL (THE LOWER BOLT MEASURED 1 ¼” FROM THE END OF THE TUBE IN THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL). THE AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURERS ASSEMBLY MANUAL FOR THE MAIN LANDING GEAR INSTRUCTS THE BUILDER TO DRILL A HOLE AND INSTALL A BOLT 1 ¼” FROM THE END OF THE TUBE ALIGNED WITH THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL OF THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO MENTION OF ADDING A SECOND BOLT ¾” FROM THE END OF THE TUBE.

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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