# Incident 20241029016799I: James B Robbins LANCAIR 360, West Mifflin, PA, October 29, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 29, 2024, 10:23 local time
- Place: West Mifflin, PA
- Airport: Allegheny County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3544° N, 79.9290° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALLEGHENY COUNTY (AGC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3544&lon=-79.9290&mi=10
- Aircraft: N92JN, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N92JN) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: James B Robbins LANCAIR 360 (registry code 05634MY, https://openairdocs.org/model/james-b-robbins-lancair-360) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Superior IO-360 series (registry code 59251, https://openairdocs.org/engine/superior-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: JAMES B ROBBINS LANCAIR 360
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 18,000 total, 140 in this make and model, 174 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241029016799I

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 29TH, 2024, AT APPROXIMATELY 1023 EASTERN STANDARD TIME (EST), AN EXPERIMENTAL LANCAIR 360 WAS INVOLVED IN A PROPELLER STRIKE INCIDENT AT THE ALLEGHENY COUNTY AIRPORT (KAGC).  THE 14 C.F.R PART 91 FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED BY A CERTIFICATED AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT.  THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED BRADFORD COUNTY AIRPORT (N27) AT 0848 EST, ENROUTE TO THE ALLEGHENY COUNTY AIRPORT (KAGC), ARRIVING AT 1023 EST.  THE PIC STATED THAT HE DID NOT NOTICE THAT THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND DURING THE LANDING.  THE PIC NOTICED THE DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER WHEN HE EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AT THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^RAMP.  THE PIC STATED THAT THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT SEEMS LOWER THAN USUAL AFTER LANDING ON RUNWAY 10.  THE PIC FURTHER STATED THAT THE LANCAIR 360 IS VERY SENSITIVE IN PITCH AND AT LANDING SPEED CAN GENERATE A FAIR AMOUNT OF NOSE DOWN FORCE WITH FORWARD STICK BUT WAS UNAWARE THAT SIMPLY APPLYING FORWARD STICK AFTER LANDING WOULD CAUSE THE PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE GROUND.  THE PIC WAS NOT INJURED IN THE INCIDENT.

A POST INCIDENT INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT IDENTIFIED THE FOLLOWING:

•	THE PROPELLER HAD ROTATIONAL DAMAGE TO EACH OF THE 3 PROPELLER BLADES, AT THE BLADE TIPS, APPROXIMATELY 3 INCHES IN LENGTH.  EACH PROPELLER BLADE WAS “Q-TIPPED”

•	THE NOSE STRUT HAD APPROXIMATELY 6 INCHES OF CHROME PISTON SHOWING AND APPEARED TO BE OPERATING NORMALLY.  NO FLUID LEAKS FROM THE NOSE STRUT WERE NOTED.

•	NO VISUAL DAMAGE NOTED TO THE REST OF THE AIRCRAFT.

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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